Bøger af E. Hunt Augustus

The action, adventure, and absurdity continues in Song of the Solomons - A Bad Situation Made Worse, as the state of affairs on Santa Isabel Island degenerates into a melee that extends well beyond the beaches. Joining the island's coastwatcher, and his scheming sidekicks, are the crews of the Fletcher-class Destroyer, USS Vulcan, a PBY Catalina seaplane dubbed, Lucy-Goosey, with an Admiral, a Marine General and a pair of hapless girlfriends, tossed in for good measure. Pyromaniacs, sight-challenged aviators, fearless native fighters, incompetent, ill-suited, and deranged officers, join the fray in the war-torn South Pacific. The reader will be introduced to a slew of colorful characters who sow chaos and destruction when their miscalculations, unconventional tactics, and misguided operations are subverted by unanticipated consequences, and just plain stupidity. Enjoy this World War Two sideshow from the safety of your favorite reading spot and you will have a rollicking good time.

In 1942, the United States Marines invaded the island of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. This sparked a historic conflict with the Imperial Japanese Army. It also set the stage for a titanic series of battles between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. This sweeping novel explores the scope of this epic conflictthe agony, heroism, horror, romance, and absurditythe people, and the places that defined this timeless struggle. The heavy cruiser, USS Cheyenne, would participate in many of these fearsome engagements while her captain, Alex Patrick, guided his ship into battle less afraid of his enemy at sea than his own emotional struggles with the women he loved. Meanwhile allied coastwatchers kept a lonely, mountain-top vigil, sweeping the sea and sky with only a radio and their wits. An Australian coastwatcher, Lt. Ian McMahon, and his loyal native scouts struggle to stay alive as the Japanese repeatedly sent patrols to find them and put them to a grisly death.