Jay A. Stout--a comprehensively published (Random House, Casemate, Motorbooks, etc.) and award winning military historian--makes his first foray into fiction with this wonderfully unique new work. The result is this top-notch book--a superlative and believable blend of technology, fantasy and human dynamics.
This contemporary story is set at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina. Captain Michael "Rocco" Barducci is killed in a tragic accident, yet his time on earth is far from over. Delivered back to earth as an angel in raccoon form, Rocco is befriended by Miss Kitty, another reincarnate whose service as an angel has spanned the globe since she was killed by Indians in 1764. Together, they team with Rocco's former wingman to stop a cabal of fallen angels and criminals from stealing a top secret military weapon. The transfixing culmination is unlike anything ever done.
This crisp, credible and fast-running techno-thriller fantasy takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride aboard cutting edge fighter aircraft, through failures and triumphs in romance and relationships, and finally into a close and reasoned consideration of the family pet.
A fun and thought-provoking read!
EXCERPT
He'd been dead for a couple of weeks already.
Muted breakfast conversation and the clank of dishes sounded through the screen door of the small house. A chair scraped away from a table. The raccoon heard footsteps then caught sight of two figures through the shadow of the screen. The smaller form, a woman in a long shirt, clung to the other, a man, for just a moment. She kissed him as he turned to leave.
"Oh Christ, here I go," the raccoon said under his breath. He stepped out of the marsh, checked for traffic then scampered across the street.
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