Thomas McDonald – författare

Mike was a country boy with a dream. He wanted a car, a job, anda girlfriend. He got the car and a job, but the girlfriend turnedinto a nightmare. Mike finally got a girlfriend, but the schoolbully put him down. His girlfriend left him. So he decided not toget mad, but to get even. The way he got even was a blast. Mike wasgoing to a country school. You had to have a car or ~ou were dead inthe water with the girls. Mikes luck turned bad. If he didn''thave bad luck, he wouldn''t have any luck at all. After a bad stormdestroyed their home, they moved to a small town. Mike ran with theguys and got in a lot of trouble. He finally made out with a girl.Turned out she was a fifty dollar a "night call girl from Houstonand showed him the ropes about making love. Mike made out with othergirls after that. Then Mike met Linda Carson.Linda was a rich rancher''s daughter. They moved from Oklahoma to Texasand bought a large horse ranch. Mr. Carson hired Mike after he savedhis horse''s life. Mike was good with horses. Linda liked Mike, buthe was an old country boy. Mrs. Carson wanted Linda to go outwith the rich boys. Linda was confused at what she wanted. Would truelove win out?

Paul McDonald is a former RAF fast-jet pilot whose flying career spanned 34 years. He is not a typical senior RAF officer having been brought up on a council estate in a bleak northern industrial town. He became a pilot by accident and struggled to gain his wings. He spent 14 years on operational tours overseas including 2 tours at the height of the Cold War on a Tornado tactical nuclear squadron in Germany, only 15 minutes from responding to an anticipated Soviet onslaught. Earlier he served on a low-level photo reconnaissance squadron on NATO's vulnerable southern flank. He was decorated for gallantry in 1980 and later served in Kuwait as the Senior RAF Adviser, including Operation Desert Fox, the air war against Iraq in 1998.