{"product_id":"full-metal-moon-a-novel-of-the-vietnam-war-9780997877519","title":"Full Metal Moon: A Novel of the Vietnam War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFebruary, 1968, Hue City, Republic of Vietnam.\u003c\/em\u003e Lance Corporal T. A. Tomlin and what's left of his ragtag squad of Marines huddle behind broken walls at dawn. Phantom jets scream above the ruins of the city. The platoon commander brandishes his map and gives them a mission: Find a temple. \u003cem\u003eWhat do we do when we get there? \u003c\/em\u003eTomlin shouts over engine roar and explosions. \u003cem\u003eSomebody tells me, I tell you, \u003c\/em\u003e LT yells back. \u003cem\u003eFind the temple, find some cover and hang tight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe morning started badly and didn't improve. Running a gauntlet of AK-47 and mortar fire, only two of them stumble onto the temple. Where the rest of his Marines have gotten to, Tomlin has no idea. But then, he's not thinking all that well, courtesy of a steel fragment newly in residence in the back of his head. His self-apppointed mentor, LCpl M. Debro, has his own problems--a rifle round passing the back and lung. No, things wern't going well. Particularly since an extremely unhappy enemy soldier--a cross between a Greek harpy and a devoted mother, who takes holding a grudge to the next level--is lodged behind a window not too far away and with her tuned-up sniper rifle she's running up an impressive body count amidst the strange outfit that just roped in nearby from an unmarked helicopter in the middle of a firefight. Tomlin would've been confused enough even without the half ounce of steel lodged at the base of his skull.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd then there's Buddha, whatever Buddha's doing there. An NVA regiment en route to join the party. Suddenly, no jets anywhere--there's never a Phantom when you need one. The only landing zone a hundered yards away is going to be hot, but beggars can't be choosers. It's suicide, but the chopper pilot's got a pair and he's inbound for the medevac. If Tomlin can get Debro there, \u003cem\u003evoila \u003c\/em\u003e Look up at Red Cross girls from a hospital bed. Trouble is, with Tomlin's mental processes on a runaway train and Debro wtaching a private screening of a cowboy movie, a hundred yards can be a hundred miles. And Tomlin has no way of knowing the woman with the sniper rifle has swapped it out for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher that has \"helocopter\" written all over it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere's more. Buddha gets his say. A bit of nostalgia involving a Roman galley creeps in. There's a moon launching (powered by Poseidon) and a trip to Hell complete with scattered ghouls, a powder-white drill instructor and the Devil beating his wife. There's sharks and seagulls, Jimi Hendrix and Red Skelton, Washington crossing the Delaware, Captain Ahab and even a Glossary. There's lava lamps, commentary on politics, a nine-fingered piano concert and a prehistoric shellfish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot to mention a full moon in daylight, the villain of the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's not your grandfather's war story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997877519\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40597282881651,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1c37974a-ddd3-4691-8220-eec119c1904f.jpg?v=1669127345","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/full-metal-moon-a-novel-of-the-vietnam-war-9780997877519","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}