The author’s experience as a skydiver is evident in this story.
Halo (High Altitude Low Opening) is an acronym referring to military freefalling. Highly trained and fearless, the main character, Sergeant Barkil, takes the reader on eleven harrowing clandestine missions in Southeast Asia. The missions are undercover operations by the CIA. Getting caught means denial of the operations and people involved. The author does an excellent job in providing the reader with a vivid portrayal of events as they unfold. Preparedness, leaving nothing to chance, with the will to risk for the sake of the mission, gives this story lots of suspenseful action.
Don is knowledgeable on the subjects he writes about. He has made 1400 parachute jumps and 21 were HALOs. Over 1100 of the jumps were freefalls from over 12000 feet. As for the Special Ops, Don went through much of the training referenced in the book. Although the book is a work of fiction, he makes his characters and the story believable.

I highly recommend this book and give it a five-star rating.

Thanks Abe!

Today, John told me that as he reads Don's books, "he feels as though he is right there with the guy." He forgot his book today and had to sit in the doc's office waiting on me and read a magazine. He was ticked! He said he wished we had 2 copies: one for the house and one for the car.

Don, you have created a monster!