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Cool Woman
A Novel

By John Aubrey Anderson

        Bill Mann has always wanted to be a pilot. Now, at the top of his class in the Air Force Academy, he is about to make his dream come true. As a young black man, he is haunted by the fact that he killed two white men when he was ten years old, after they beat his mother to death. He meets a beautiful young woman, and after a whirlwind romance, Pip agrees to marry him. He is sure that life can't get any better.

He is assigned duty in the Vietnam war zone. As a premier Air Force pilot, he faces daily danger flying his plane, The Cool Woman, in one of the most hazardous wars in history. When his wife, Pip, decides to seek a divorce, the young pilot turns to liquor and partying whenever he is not in the air. The downward spiral of Bill's life seems irreversible until enemy bullets take Bill Mann out of the game and the story takes a completely new turn.

The Christian inspirational aspects of this story are uplifting and the ending satisfying. Bill Mann is a sympathetic and compelling character. Anderson has crafted an action filled plot that captures the reality of flying and fighting as could only be done by someone who has experienced it at firsthand. War history buffs will appreciate the accurate portrayal of life in the Viet Nam war zone and the constant risks that the pilots faced.

The Book

Fidelis
July 1, 2010
Trade Paperback
0805464808 / 978-0805464801
Fiction/Historical/War / Vietnam
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The Reviewer

Beverly J. Rowe
Reviewed 2010
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