Total Recall: More Reminiscences from the USNA Class of 1952

by Jack O'Connell

This book is a follow-up to the first published book of reminiscences by the naval academy class of 1952--As We Recall--published in 2015. It includes tales of life in the service (navy, marine corps, and air force) or afterwards. The stories have been lightly edited to retain the original flavor of the author's memories. The naval academy class of 1952 is unique in having more general and flag officers graduates than any class since the end of World War II. It also includes four astronauts, another record.

198 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2017

About the author

Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, The Resurrectionist is a wild ride into a territory where nothing is as it appears. It is the story of Sweeney, a druggist by trade, and his son, Danny, the victim of an accident that has left him in a persistent coma. Hoping for a miracle, they have come to the fortress-like Peck Clinic, whose doctors claim to have resurrected two patients who were lost in the void, hoping for a miracle. What Sweeney comes to realize, though, is that the real cure to his sons condition may lie in Limbo, a fantasy comic book world into which his son had been drawn at the time of his accident. Plunged into the intrigue that envelops the clinic, Sweeneys search for answers leads to sinister back alleys, brutal dead ends, and terrifying rabbit holes of darkness and mystery.
McConnell has crafted a mesmerizing novel about stories and what they can do for and to those who create them and those who consume them. About the nature of consciousness and the power of the unknown. About psychotic bikers, mad neurologists, and wandering circus freaks. About loss and grief and rage. And, ultimately, about forgiveness and the depth of our need to extend it and receive it.
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