The Skydivers
The Skydivers follows brothers Pete and Leo, who inherit their father's farm. As they plan a ceremonial skydive to scatter their father's ashes over the land, a tragic accident reveals hidden secrets, covert operations, and deadly intentions that threaten everything they hold dear.
- Pete - Leo's brother
- Leo - Pete's brother
- Chuck - Farm employee
- Stevie - New farm employee from Ukraine
- Jamie - Skydiving pilot
- Pete and Leo inherit their recently deceased father's farm.
- Leo and Pete plan to spread their father's ashes over the fields during a skydive, with Chuck running the harvester to work the ashes into the land.
- The night before the jump, Pete notices the pilot staying up late at the hangar with an unknown second person.
- On the day of the jump, Jamie directs each brother to a specific pile of gear. Leo just grabs the gear closest to him - Pete's.
- During the skydive, Pete's parachute fails, and he is ground up in the harvester.
- Only three people know the truth about the chute mix-up: Stevie, the pilot, and Leo.
- Leo was always suspicious about Stevie's story as a Ukraine refugee and thought he sounded more Russian.
- Leo, revealed through his POV, is secretly working for a covert government organization, and he realizes the failed skydive was a planned assassination meant for him due to an accidental death of a Russian agent on his watch some years ago.
- Now Leo must protect his identity, hunt down his enemies and bury his brother.
- Pete - Dead - Killed skydiving from tampered parachute
- Leo - Alive - Planning to deal with the Russians, sell off his father's assets, and bury Pete
- Chuck - Alive - Future unclear
- Stevie - Alive - On the run after Pete's death
- Jamie - Alive - Future unclear
- Death
- Death of parent
- Gore
- Grief
- Suicide
- Cancer
- Drug use
Dark/Bleak
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
ISBN: 9781662532511
Publish Date: June 2, 2025
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.