Bøger af Nathan Cannon

This is an exciting and adventurous story of flying, fighting, intrigue and sizzling romantic episodes during the Indonesian Revolutions of 1947, 1958 and 1990. Indonesia, the most populated Muslim country in the World located on the steamy, .sweltering Equator, is even now a boiling pot of demonstrations, genocide and bizarre actions. At l7 years old, young Matt Saber (recently released from 3 years in a Japanese prison camp) joins the Indonesian Rebels against the Dutch flying supplies to the Rebels. He is captured by the Dutch but manages to escape nearly losing his life in the process. The year is 1947 and the battles go on until 1949 when Soekarno is declared President of the United States of Indonesia. The deal that was made between Soekarno and Saber is broken by the new President giving Matt Saber his first taste of the perfidy of politicians. Ten years later, Saber returns to Indonesia flying a P-51 Mustang wrecking havoc with the troops under his enemy Soekarno.. This new set of Rebels, after years of fighting, finally overthrow the Soekarno regime. Matt Saber continues to amaze his compatriots with his bravery and survival instincts. A new day is born! Or so the Indonesian people thought but as it turns out they have only replaced one Dictator with a new one named Soeharto. Years go by, Saber is comfortably living in the United States, when the call from friends in Indonesia once more lure him back to the Islands. This time it's not a shooting war, but one of intrigue and chicanery. Matt Saber, is in his 60's and he masterminds a set of events that lands him in Salemba Prison for 18 months. In the end his plan works and the Soeharto regime is toppled. A surprise causes his release from prison 4 months before his sentence is up.. Matt Saber's hair raising adventures and ability to go the extra mile for the underdog, along with his penchant for romance in the strangest places, leave you wondering what will happen next and to whom......... Nathan Cannon, Author

SYNOPSIS ONE JUMP INTRIGUE AND ADVENTURE PUT MATT SABER TO THE TEST ..... IN THE BEGINNINGS OF A NEW WAR..... WWII HAD LEFT IT'S MARK. THE FAST CHANGES IN THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED LAND HIM 'JUMPING SHIP' FROM THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND LEAD HIM STEALING HIS OWN AIRPLANES AND FLYING OFF FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE OF ANOTHER WAR. WITH HIS AIRLINE INCLUDING PILOTS AND PLANES, HE FINDS HIMSELF INTO MORE THAN BARGAINED FOR CHALLENGES ..... HIS PATH COVERS MANY FAR EASTERN DESTINATIONS AND ROADBLOCKS. SABER CAN'T SEEM TO AVOID STEAMY ROMANCES OUT TO CATCH HIM; AND ADVERSARIES OUT TO KILL HIM ALONG THE WAY WHILE ANOTHER WAR AWAITS. FOR MATT SABER, SEASONED IN THE ART OF SURVIVAL FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN A JAPANESE CIVILIAN PRISON CAMP. HE MEETS THE CHALLENGE WITH APLOMB..............!. AS USUAL, HIS REMARKABLE ABILITY TO TURN THE MOST HAIR RAISING SITUATIONS INTO A CODE OF ACTION INSTILLED IN HIM BY HIS FATHER, A WAR HERO FROM WWII, DOGGED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE: .........SURVIVE..........RESCUE...............WIN !!! HIS FAR EAST PATHWAY IS MORE THAN A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE COULD EVER DREAM UP; THE TWIST AND TURNS REFLECT THE TIMES . IN LATER YEARS, SABER WAS OFTEN ASKED THE QUESTION: "WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW IN THE HELL ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?"