Bayou Samurai

July, 1971. American involvement in Vietnam winds down. But other sinister events are surfacing in Asia that could lead to global conflict. United States prepares for reversion of Okinawa back to Japan. Strategic military bases are in jeopardy of being shut down after it becomes public chemical weapons have been secretly stored for years on the island along with nuclear weapons. "Operation Red-Hat" is initiated so they can be removed before reversion. There are covered-up fatalities when nerve agents leak. To complicate things, a renegade American colonel assigned to the project steals a nuclear suitcase bomb along with thirteen pounds of plutonium. Fleeing across Southeast Asia with CIA, Soviet GRU, and special "Black-Code" operatives in hot pursuit, he plans selling them to a powerful Burmese drug warlord. Teeming with firefights, drug-smuggling, love, murder, a clashing of cultures, and steamy sex coupled with off-beat humor, the gut-clutching action never ends creating an exotic atmosphere as convincing as the plot is intriguing.

Franklin D. Rast was born in Brownwood, Texas, and is a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU). While attending LSU he was commander of the Army Bengal Raiders, which emphasized training incounter-guerilla tactics and special warfare techniques. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate and holder of numerous art awards. His seven years of military service resulted in a variety of interesting assignments including Vietnam (1969-70) and Okinawa, Japan (1971-74). While continuing to do painting and gardening, Rast has edited several books between his own writing projects including the most recent...A Chaplain Remembers Vietnam, by Colonel Samuel Hopkins and The Tomato Patch, by Professor Luther Knight. This is his third book, preceded by Don's Nam and Ghosts In The Wire. Reviews are all highly rated (See at Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com).