iUniverse Would Like to Announce the Release of Counters by Tony Taylor
Summary
Using details from his own experience as a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Tony Taylor penned Counters, a novel that draws readers into an explosive world, where not all souls are sacrificed to the war machine.Lieutenant Steve Mylder was not chomping at the bit for a tour of duty in Southeast Asia, but an unexpected call for a volunteer among his class of flight students aroused the fearless adventurer within him.Recalling the parallels between his own past and the novel Taylor writes, “I wanted to chronicle that slice of history [filled with] flying Phantom fighters out of Da Nang, Vietnam: the dangers, the thrills, the fear, rocket attacks, dogfights, straffing, bombing, crashing and burning.” For more information about Counters, visit iuniverse.com and CountersANovel.com.Using details from his own experience as a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Tony Taylor penned Counters, a novel that draws readers into an explosive world, where not all souls are sacrificed to the war machine.Lieutenant Steve Mylder was not chomping at the bit for a tour of duty in Southeast Asia, but an unexpected call for a volunteer among his class of flight students aroused the fearless adventurer within him.As he fights for his life in the air over Vietnam, he battles for his soul against the Red Baron of his imagination.In writing this story, Taylor wanted to avoid the “rah, rah heroic pilot” concept, instead drawing out the humanistic questioning and self-doubt that torment Mylder on his tour of duty.