The Youngblood Project [Paperback]

Bruce Kost (Author)

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Publication Date: July 6, 2006

Cleverly kidnapped by the CIA to be the latest victum for an insane experiment, Russel Travers is forced, at gunpoint, to drink a secret serum. The serum alters his gender and he becomes Lisa Youngblood. Escaping and on the run, Lisa breaks into an armory to arm herself against the relentless CIA. Desperate to capture Lisa to secure the serum from public view, the CIA Director focusses the agencies' resources on her.

Unintentionally meeting Lisa, Green Beret Squad Leader Mike Tanner must choose to side with her to save his own life. Lisa struggles to establish the line between what is inherently male and what is female while fighting the CIA and trying to keep her secret from her new partner.

Hiding in Mike's former stomping grounds, an old holler, the nationally-known fugitives enjoy a brief respite. Flushed from their hideout, the fugitives flee to Louisville to televise the CIA plot to establish a CIA Nation in a third world country. And there they encounter the CIA en masse.

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About the Author

Bruce Kost was born in Louisville, Kntucky, served in Viet Nam in '69 and was discharged from the Navy in 1971. During the 1970's he worked exclusively as a telephone lineman for Pacific Telecom in California. In the 1980's he worked on a reforestation crew that traveled extensively throughout the continental United States.

Since 1990 Bruce has worked offshore on boats and ships as a mariner in the U.S. Merchant Marine where he continues his primary employment at this time. During his travels as a merchant sailor he has visited over a dozen countries including Egypt, Spain, Bahrain, Ecuador and Panama to name a few.

Reclusive Authority, Kost's first novel, was written on three different ships while under way. He currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana where he works on novels during time off when he's not at sea. Having released The Youngblood Project Bruce is working on Fountain of Longevity to be published next year.

Along with writing, Bruce enjoys flying, snow skiing, scuba diving, tennis, hanggliding, cliff climbing and martial arts. During quieter times he enjoys sailing, reading and 3-D chess.

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155369211X
• ISBN-13: 978-1553692119
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,732,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, May 25, 2011

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This review is from: The Youngblood Project (Paperback)

I give this novel two stars because of the excellent adventure element. However for a while I thought George Bush had written it with all the grammatical errors and subject verb disagreements.
The entire premise makes little sense. The character jumps right into his remarkable situation without any pause or problems with adaptation.
The part about the Appalachian community hiding out from the rest of the country takes away from the story line and is utterly preposterous.