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Ghost Carrier: They Died to Fight Another Day
Frank Rusk hasn’t been sleeping well lately. He’s approaching his milestone 70th birthday. Each night for the past two weeks indescribable scenes of horror have awakened him. He is on an exploding ship in WWII, which is sinking fast. Men are burning alive all around him. He hears sailors cry out, “A Japanese torpedo hit the bomb bay! We are all going to die!”
In these nightmarish visions Frank realizes he is not a spectator watching but a sailor living them. Everywhere he turns he sees buddies he knows taking their last breaths. Frank decides this horrifying scene must be what his father Joe Rusk experienced in his last moments alive before perishing on an aircraft carrier in November 1943. The sinking occurred just two months after Frank was born.
At his 70th birthday party before blowing the candles out on his cake Frank makes a wish he has kept secret his entire life; an impossible wish that defies time and the laws of the Universe. Frank yearns to rewrite history and have his Dad in his life. As Frank blows out the candles his father Joe's face materializes in the flames. Joe Rusk looks terrified and screams to Frank for help.
Unbeknown to Frank his father did not die in 1943 but entered a parallel dimension when his ship sank. Joe Rusk and the crew of the carrier are trapped in time on a parallel earth fighting a far superior Japanese naval force and America is losing the war. Outnumbered and out gunned the crew’s only hope is the unbroken soul connection Joe and Frank share. But will the father and son bond be strong enough to bring the doomed crew home?
In these nightmarish visions Frank realizes he is not a spectator watching but a sailor living them. Everywhere he turns he sees buddies he knows taking their last breaths. Frank decides this horrifying scene must be what his father Joe Rusk experienced in his last moments alive before perishing on an aircraft carrier in November 1943. The sinking occurred just two months after Frank was born.
At his 70th birthday party before blowing the candles out on his cake Frank makes a wish he has kept secret his entire life; an impossible wish that defies time and the laws of the Universe. Frank yearns to rewrite history and have his Dad in his life. As Frank blows out the candles his father Joe's face materializes in the flames. Joe Rusk looks terrified and screams to Frank for help.
Unbeknown to Frank his father did not die in 1943 but entered a parallel dimension when his ship sank. Joe Rusk and the crew of the carrier are trapped in time on a parallel earth fighting a far superior Japanese naval force and America is losing the war. Outnumbered and out gunned the crew’s only hope is the unbroken soul connection Joe and Frank share. But will the father and son bond be strong enough to bring the doomed crew home?
111 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 5, 2015
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Robert Child
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Award-winning author, Robert Child, is a master of action, pacing, and cinematic storytelling in his visually vivid narratives. His latest book is IMMORTAL VALOR, (Osprey, Bloomsbury Publishing, PLC) the remarkable stories of seven African American Medal of Honor winners from WWII who were denied recognition for over 50 years.
Rob possesses that rare ability to transport readers instantly into gripping, intelligent page-turning narratives that feature well-developed characters and cinematic action that jumps off the page like a major motion picture.
Military history is one of his long time passions. He has produced several films on this topic and has won more than 25 film and television awards plus an Emmy® nomination.
The military is in Rob's DNA; his Great-grandfather, Thomas W. Child, fought at Gettysburg and Fredericksburg with the 18th Massachusetts Infantry. At Gettysburg, he fought at Little Round Top on the Third Day. At Fredericksburg, Thomas was singled out for gallantry in an order issued by his commander Col. Hayes, following the battle for 'charging the stonewall at Marye's Heights twice.'
Award-winning author, Robert Child, is a master of action, pacing, and cinematic storytelling in his visually vivid narratives. His latest book is IMMORTAL VALOR, (Osprey, Bloomsbury Publishing, PLC) the remarkable stories of seven African American Medal of Honor winners from WWII who were denied recognition for over 50 years.
Rob possesses that rare ability to transport readers instantly into gripping, intelligent page-turning narratives that feature well-developed characters and cinematic action that jumps off the page like a major motion picture.
Military history is one of his long time passions. He has produced several films on this topic and has won more than 25 film and television awards plus an Emmy® nomination.
The military is in Rob's DNA; his Great-grandfather, Thomas W. Child, fought at Gettysburg and Fredericksburg with the 18th Massachusetts Infantry. At Gettysburg, he fought at Little Round Top on the Third Day. At Fredericksburg, Thomas was singled out for gallantry in an order issued by his commander Col. Hayes, following the battle for 'charging the stonewall at Marye's Heights twice.'
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