A desperate fight for freedom . . . on American soil! The UN is under the control of Secretary General Ohmara Saihi, a cult-like figure who has gained millions of followers with the promise of creating an "enlightened" world. Only one obstacle stands in the way of his vision. The United States of America. His army, the Directorate of Peace Enforcement, invades Washington D.C. and Alaska and imprisons the President and her cabinet. Saihi's fanatical supporters, the Friends of Peace, sweep across America to enforce his will. Those who oppose the new regime are arrested, beaten, or killed. One man will lead the fight against the UN. He is Lieutenant Colonel Jan-Erik Ruud, a daring Marine commando. From the wilds of Alaska, he turns an eclectic group of army vets, conspiracy theorists, survivalists, bush pilots, state troopers, and a gun-toting rock star into a guerrilla army. The odds are against them, but Ruud knows if they fail, America as we know it will cease to exist! ALASKA Book One of the Fallen Eagle trilogy
Born in Hamilton Township, NJ, Rust graduated from Nottingham High School before obtaining degrees in communications from Mercer County College (NJ) and the College of Mt. St. Vincent (NY). He worked as a reporter for New Jersey 101.5 FM before moving to Arizona, where he became the sports director/sportscaster for KYCA-AM. Rust published the military sci-fi novel "Dark Wings," the baseball-related books "Arizona All-Time Baseball Team" and "The Best Phillies Team Ever," the cryptozoological thriller "Sea Raptor," and several short stories, including "The Art of Fear" starring the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, which appears in the anthology "Halloween Dances with the Dead."