When three men set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000 shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. From sci-fi to reality, this is the incredible true story of the amazing rocketbelt. "A delight to read. Genuinely stranger than fiction. Recommended." - Popular Science UK. "A delight to read. Genuinely stranger than fiction. Recommended." - Popular Science UK "Reads like good movie material." - BBC Focus "There's probably a Tarantino movie in this somewhere." - Fortean Times "A can't-put-it-down murder mystery that shows how obsession and betrayal can lead people to commit dastardly deeds." - General Aviation News "Begins with a brief history of rocketbelts that's probably the best ever in print." - Beam Jockey "The story has all the markings of a Hollywood blockbuster, and is a bizarrely unforgettable read." - The Crack "This book is a must have." - Airwalker Society of Rocketbelt Enthusiasts "25 greatest summer reads." - ShortList When three men set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000, or "Pretty Bird", shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. From sci-fi to reality, this is the incredible true story of the amazing rocketbelt. "A delight to read. Genuinely stranger than fiction. Recommended." - Popular Science UK. Paul Brown is a writer from the north-east of England. He writes about football, history and true adventure, and has been published in the Guardian, FourFourTwo and When Saturday Comes.