UNDER FIRE
Korea, June 1, 1950. Captain Ken McCoy's report on probable North Korean
hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that not only is
it promptly suppressed, but McCoy himself is kicked out of the Corps. At
least two outfits, however, are not impressed by such infighting: the
fledgling CIA, which promptly hires McCoy; and the North Koreans, who on
June 25th invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately, veterans
scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with
only seventy-two hours' notice. For Fleming Pickering and Pick, his
daredevil son, and Ed Banning, George Hart, Jack Stecker, Jake Dillon,
Ernie Zimmerman--and for the women who love them--names such as Inchon
and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality, and Korea will become not
only a new battlefield--but their greatest challenge of all....
RETREAT, HELL!
It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at
Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. The bit in his teeth, Douglas
MacArthur is intent on surging across the 38th parallel toward the Yalu
River, where he is certain no Chinese are waiting for him, while Major
Ken McCoy, operating undercover, hears a different story entirely, and
is just as intent on nailing down the truth before it is too late.
Meanwhile, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering, shuttling between two
continents, works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between
MacArthur and President Harry Truman, while trying to keep his mind from
the cold fact that somewhere out there, his own daredevil pilot son,
Pick, is lost behind enemy lines - and may be lost forever. Before
Retreat, Hell! is finished, all their fates will be determined - and
for some of them, it will be a bitter pill indeed.
