Failure to Heed

Description

After some long and arduous years, the extensive loss and destruction of World War II is finally history. At last there are human hopes that peace on Earth is possible. Unfortunately, the atomic bombs used to end that war have opened up a "Cold War," bringing other nations into the quest to possess nuclear weapons. Within only five short years, the ideals of democracy and communism will clash violently in an Asian nation called Korea. Failure to Heed is fictional account of those years and how a good many flawed decisions affected one farm family as well as all Americans into the next century and beyond.

After serving in the Cold War military, the author joined a burgeoning west coast aerospace missile program for the next three decades. After retiring from the often stressful world of space launches, there was finally time to pursue the more creative endeavor of writing his thoughts and putting them into novel form. Failure to Heed is his fourth and most challenging novel. He still lives in California with his wife, Jean, and three loyal dogs of various descriptions.