Q&A with Matthew Akers discussion

Joshua sets the reality and the background in Son Of Adam. He is a white man married to a black woman, Vivian Toole.

This character is big in the next book.

After flunking his second exam, he couldn’t face the shame of letting his employer know how much he was struggling. Plus, he felt he was wasting the college money he earned in Vietnam for someone else. He felt like quitting but his German-Irish work ethic wouldn’t allow it; instead he called in a tutor.
To his surprise, a female voice answered with a New York accent. Coming from South Jersey and surrounded by Southerners, the voice felt like home. They made arrangements to meet at her small apartment an hour every day before class. He was shocked when the lady he was watching in the parking lot months earlier opened the door. He smiled because behind her was a little black boy holding onto her thigh, hiding and protecting his momma all at the same time.

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Matthew Akers

I want to read more about Joshua. Will he be back in the sequel?

Yes, sir!

From Chapter 9...

Like father, like son, Joshua Toole, II was fearless and loved thrill rides. His father had taught him how to ride and he was riding a motorcycle across America when his draft card number was called for a one year tour of duty in Vietnam.
His tough German-Irish steel blue eyes begged for danger and at the same time adventure. The U.S. Army’s First Calvary Division was hand picking characters just like him for a new position the world of war had never seen before: Attack Helicopter Machine Gunner. Be very careful for what you ask.
Fortunately for him, psychogenic drugs and alcohol were readily available in Vietnam in those days. Perhaps they are today, but back there then, to complete those missions one needed a very short memory. There were memories of other missions back home that were lost in the same fog.