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When three young airmen enter into a game of dominance and resistance with one another, there are consequences that will haunt each of them for the rest of their lives. During the late 1950s and early 60s, Fairchild Air Force Base services small training planes, bombers, and air refueling planes for practice flights. The Cold War is raging, and tensions are high. No one knows when an attack from the Soviet Union might come; no mistakes can be made. Rick and Andy are Air Traffic Controllers. Dwayne is a radar maintenance man. All live in the same barracks. One accepts that he is a closeted gay, one secretly struggles with his attraction to other airmen, and one is unaware that there is even an issue. When one of the airmen becomes obsessed with another, the tension follows them right into the Control Tower, and the result is potential disaster. Based on a true story, the novel tells what happens from the point of view of each of the three airmen during their years at Fairchild. -A riveting psychological tale that you won't want to miss.
300 pages, Paperback
First published January 15, 2013
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July 29, 2013
I won a signed copy of this through this site, and this review is in my own words, in now way effected by contact with the author.
This book seems initially to be about the struggles of sexuality in military or other service positions, divided into three men’s point of views. The first part is very technologically heavy, and this is handled well. As a non-service member, I was not lost or confused by the action going on. The second part is almost a retelling of the first from another man’s perspective, less tech heavy, more emotionally jarring. The third is from a man who we see in the action of the first two stories, but are only given a glimpse of.
The prose and dialogue on its own (accessible techno jargon aside) seem to be simple, but convey much. No excessive or purple prose, it is direct and easy to follow, which I found, as a writer, to be technically well done. I was rapidly invested in the first main character and each thereafter. The varying voices of male perspectives were so convincing I was surprised to read in the back it was written by a woman! Brava! And there are more of those to come…
Again, this book in three parts seems to deal with serviceman sexuality, but when we progress, we see why Rick needs to fill his head with so much knowledge and why Andy doesn’t. The third character, Dwayne, has to be the most moving of all three stories. Halleson doesn’t pull punches when it comes to sexual tension, dominance, violence, or how LGBT members of the community have to cope with the continuing social tug of war over acceptance. I have much respect for her addressing leadership roles in society (teaching and religion) without stooping to shock value, showing respect for LGBT believers, and I hope those that get to read this find comfort in it. There is much to be had.
If I had to name Books 1, 2, and 3, I would call them Fear, Hate, and Faith.
Or Reality, Reality, and Hope.
I want anyone who is struggling with sexuality to read this. No matter what that sexuality is, or when it is. I feel this is relevant socially, a valuable contribution.
This book seems initially to be about the struggles of sexuality in military or other service positions, divided into three men’s point of views. The first part is very technologically heavy, and this is handled well. As a non-service member, I was not lost or confused by the action going on. The second part is almost a retelling of the first from another man’s perspective, less tech heavy, more emotionally jarring. The third is from a man who we see in the action of the first two stories, but are only given a glimpse of.
The prose and dialogue on its own (accessible techno jargon aside) seem to be simple, but convey much. No excessive or purple prose, it is direct and easy to follow, which I found, as a writer, to be technically well done. I was rapidly invested in the first main character and each thereafter. The varying voices of male perspectives were so convincing I was surprised to read in the back it was written by a woman! Brava! And there are more of those to come…
Again, this book in three parts seems to deal with serviceman sexuality, but when we progress, we see why Rick needs to fill his head with so much knowledge and why Andy doesn’t. The third character, Dwayne, has to be the most moving of all three stories. Halleson doesn’t pull punches when it comes to sexual tension, dominance, violence, or how LGBT members of the community have to cope with the continuing social tug of war over acceptance. I have much respect for her addressing leadership roles in society (teaching and religion) without stooping to shock value, showing respect for LGBT believers, and I hope those that get to read this find comfort in it. There is much to be had.
If I had to name Books 1, 2, and 3, I would call them Fear, Hate, and Faith.
Or Reality, Reality, and Hope.
I want anyone who is struggling with sexuality to read this. No matter what that sexuality is, or when it is. I feel this is relevant socially, a valuable contribution.
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