No Time to Die: A Novel [Paperback]

Robert Gallinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2000

In 1965, the army proclaimed him a hero. Now, thirty-four years later, Walter Lewis and his wife, Karen, must face Sergei Godunov and the Murphy brothers, who claim Walter was never a hero at all. To them, hed been a coward.After years of tracking him, they finally catch up with Walter in Spanish Fort, Alabama. The Murphys believe that Walter ran from a vicious hand-to-hand battle, leaving their brother behind to be slaughtered. Sergei Godunov, once a Russian advisor to the Vietcong, has his own ax to grind. He blames Walter for the death of his wife and son in a Russian gulag.Caught, Karen slips into a coma, and Walter has a heart attack. Unconscious in intensive care, they have an out-of-body experience that hurls them back in time to an adventurous past that was filled with war, lies and deceit and unlawful death. It was the time that theyd first fallen in love, too, after hed been wounded and shed been his nurse. Theyd vowed to survive despite the odds. But Sergei Godunov and the Murphys are not interested in love or vows or odds, either back then or now. Theyre in town for revenge.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A riveting suspense that catapults a wartime secret into the present, where a retired soldier and his wife in hiding must now face its truth.

About the Author

As a soldier, and later as a civil servant, Robert A. Gallinger was assigned throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including Vietnam. He is now retired a little and writing a lot in Mobile, Alabama where he lives with his wife, Renate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595147380
• ISBN-13: 978-0595147380
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,746,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)