Synopsis
The Last American Hero

This powerful fiction-adventure novel, based on facts that the US government suppressed for forty years, will grip your heart and emotions. During the Cold War more than 200 American Airmen were declared Missing in Action after being shot down while on illegal reconnaissance missions over Russia. Abandoned by their government, the airmen lived a desperate life.

         

Author G B Mooney, a resident of Estero Florida, tells this haunting,  historical, dramatic and emotional story of desperation, betrayal,  intrigue, romance and adventure during the chaotic Cold War era, through the sharp-edged vision of an America Air Force pilot. The last chapter will leave you misty-eyed.

 

Lt. Oliver Miller's passion for flying could prove fatal. Shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over Russia, he is near death in a Siberian work camp. His government has abandoned him and his family will never know his fate.

Tamara Krasnov, the Soviet pilot who shot down Oliver, enlists the aid of her father, a high ranking Soviet official. They have Oliver transferred to a minimum-security prison. The KGB convinces an embittered Oliver that the United States of America  had refused to repatriate him. Tamara recruits Oliver into the Russian Air Force, they become lovers and Oliver finds a new life in Russia.

Oliver is recruited by the CIA and lives a life of intrigue during the Cold War and Vietnam War era.

 

The haunting images of a chaotic, historical era are viewed through the sharp- edged vision of a heroic American.     

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Male Reader Comment: “Best last chapter I have ever read”

 

From Leesburg Daily Commercial female reviewer:  “The Last American Hero is

one of those adventure stories that keeps you reading long after you should have

turned out the lights and retired for the night. This dynamic novel is fiction that reads like truth because it is based on history.”

 

Copyright © 2003 Gerald B Mooney . All rights reserved.
Revised: June 14, 2003