Depicts a week in a fictional Marine Corps F-18D squadron. This book explores how men 'cope', and could just as easily have taken place in Vietnam as Iraq. A modern day Catch 22 , simultaneously possessing the excitement and drama of Top Gun , it begins on a Monday, with an unknown narrator reminiscing about his former F-18D squadron.
Based on real events and personal experiences yet presented as comical military fiction, this book depicts a week in the life of seven Plebes at the US Naval Academy. Told from a humorous perspective in vivid detail, it takes the reader inside the hallowed walls of the US Naval Academy.
In the summer of 1975, two nine-year-old best friends - Jake and Alex live a Norman Rockwell existence in Circleville, Ohio. Meanwhile, Kevin Kiley and his two adult friends have fled New York City after killing a policeman. During a quick gas stop in Circleville, one of them accidentally leaves a mysterious black medical bag behind.