Lieutenant Commander "Gunner" McCormick is assigned as an intelligence
officer to Carrier Strike Force 10, being deployed to the Yellow Sea at
the invitation of South Korea for joint exercises with the US Navy.
During his pre-deployment briefing, he discovers a TOP-SECRET MEMO
revealing rumors that the North Koreans may still be holding a handful
of elderly Americans from the Korean War in secret prison camps.As it
happens, Gunner's grandfather, who was a young marine officer in the
Korean War, disappeared at Chosin Reservoir over 60 years ago and is
still listed as MIA in North Korea. Sworn to silence about what he has
read, the top-secret memo eats at him. Gunner decides to spend all his
inheritance and break every military regulation in the book to finance
his own three-man commando squad on a suicide mission north of the DMZ
to search for clues about the fate of his grandfather. Risking his
career, his fortune, and his life, Gunner will get his answers, or he
will die trying. Don Brown is building a loyal fan base by writing what
he knows best: thrillers with heart. A former Navy JAG officer and
action officer in the Pentagon, Brown pens action-packed plots and
finely-drawn characters that are credible and compelling. Thunder in the
Morning Calm is a novel of bravery, duty, and family love that will keep
readers of all ages reading straight through to the last page.
