Cold War Warriors

Cold War Warriors Novel description - A riveting novel of Cold War aerial, surface, and under seas engagements. Marine Corps Major Rick Holt's squadron operates Crusader fighter planes off the 6th Fleet super carrier USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean Sea. Encounters with the Soviet Bloc occur along the Central Front, in the MED, the Belgian Congo, and culminate with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Captain Angelika Steiger, aka. Nancy Porter travel photographer and protege of C, who is the number two person in the KGB, relentlessly pursues Major Holt seeking to determine the capabilities of his MACH 2 aircraft and any operating weaknesses of the U.S. fleet. The story sweeps from pilot to presidential level, Fleet action to barroom antics, to forbidden love. The novel encompasses actual operations, some legal and others arguably unlawful. These are the Cold War warriors implementing their country's policies.