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"Subsequent to the Mansfield, Dick became a Seal and continued to serve our country extraordinarily as briefly described in the attached description and picture [left] from his fourth novel, Rising Wind. Earlier books by Dick are Seal Team One, Silent Descent and Pressure Point. His exciting adventure yarns are the stuff I can't put down once I start, but I am not alone in my admiration. His books earned the praise of other authors such as Clive Cussler, Sephen Coonts, W.E.B. Griffin, Charles Taylor and the New York Times as well. Now, his message forwarded herewith announces his first excursion into non fiction with the release of "The Warrior Elite". My local Barnes and Nobel and Books A Million do not have it yet, but one of them better have a copy soon, for I can't wait to sit down with it. Even before I do so, I know it will be a barn burner certain to provide an increased insight to the activities and the kind of superb young men we have defending us and our country as they tackle the seemingly impossible missions. I say, go buy it as I will".

Yesterday (Halloween!!) was the official release date of my latest book, The Warrior Elite. This is a non-fiction work, my first, and is an inside look at the training of Navy SEALs. It took me close to two years to research and write this book; it was a challenging project, both technically and emotionally. Many of the young men from Class 228 who grace my text are now about to go in harm's way.

This e-mail is a shameless commercial for The Warrior Elite; I hope you will order the book from amazon.com or from you local bookstore. I welcome any and all comments from you. And I have no doubt that my fellow SEALs who "wore the boat" for that terrible week will not hesitate to point out any errors.

There will be a special, limited edition of The Warrior Elite signed by the three elite SEAL warriors who won the Medal of Honor. The price will be a premium and all proceeds will be donated to the Naval Special Warfare Foundation to support families of deployed SEALs and our Special Combatant Crewmen. Let me know if you are interested.

Effects of the Magnetic North Pole

You know the story, now read the book. This is a work of fiction by Ralph McDonald, a retired computer geek living in Southern California. He offers this account of two young men, Mark Nobel and Snoopy Richards, who join the Air Force during the height of the Cold War in the late 1950's. Follow this dynamic duo as they endure basic training at San Antonio, radio school at Biloxi and the Russian Language Institute at Monterey Bay prior to their assignment to the 6913th RSM at Bremerhaven, Germany.

Events of the day marked their tour. Rock 'n' Roll was king when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, PFC Elvis Presley arrived in Germany, the U-2 with pilot Francis Gary Powers was downed, and The Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly died in an Iowa plane crash. Against this background, Mark falls in love with a beautiful Bremerhaven fraulein, Gabbi, and risks loosing his security clearance in a struggle to balance his heart with his sense of duty and responsibility.

So, check the sofa for all the loose change you can dig up, you need $12.95, and then click on the link (left) to publisher's website and order this must have book.

In God we trust, all others we monitor!