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Michael Adam Leptuch

Kwajalein Stories Kindle Edition

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Fiction. Post World War Two cold war espionage centering on atomic research and weapons testing at Bikini Atoll in 1946. This is not a History book, it is FICTION, action adventure.

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March 7, 2011
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004R1Q8MM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Capotuttidecapo Publishing; 1st edition (March 7, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 7, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 646 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,457,577 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #7,974 in Espionage Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #8,908 in War & Military Action Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #14,512 in War & Military Action Fiction (Books)

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At the urging of my friends I sat down and wrote my first novel, Kwajalein Stories, when I was 65 years old. I remember wanting to write back in High School but that never panned out. Is my past filled with experience as a newspaper reporter or do I have a list of writing courses and a degree in journalism under my belt? No, just your basic college English course. At this stage in my life writing is just something that I enjoy doing. Right now I'm in the process of finishing the proof work on my fifth novel, James Hedges. Discreet Inquiries. Private Investigations.

If I had to guess the reason for getting such a late start it would be my belief that an author should have some life experience. Back in 1966 I volunteered Army, Airborne, Special Forces and that changed my life and for the better. During the Army's 37 week long Special Forces Aidman course I learned how to study and by the time I was a Green Beret Medic I had seen a little bit of life that few others get to know. College was a snap after that. I got my BS in Nursing from Cal State University Los Angeles in 1973 and worked as an RN until 2000 when I retired due to medical reasons. As an RN I worked in Various Los Angeles area Hospital Emergency Rooms for 10 years and also worked the UCLA Cardiac Cath lab for 9. On the flip side of the coin I also know what it's like to be a Hospital patient having gone under the knife more times than I like to remember. It is interesting being an author and hopefully I'll catch up on all the books I've missed writing.

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Sandy S

Fascinating and well written

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2013

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This book reads like a memoir, and even though it is described as fiction, I get the sense that much of it is true. In any case, the author spins a good story. I lived on Kwajalein in the late 60s as a kid, and was mostly oblivious to the atomic-age happenings of the 40s/50s that occurred in the Bikini atoll. The action doesn't all take place on Kwajalein. The narrator is with Army Intelligence and adopts assorted identities to match his assignments, which take him around the world. I enjoyed the history lessons in this book (and pulled out my globe to follow his flights over Russia).

From a literary perspective, I like the author's voice and appreciate the solid writing. He appears a bit of a curmudgeon in the preface, where he gives a big ol' raspberry to liberals everywhere; as a bleeding heart liberal, I'm not offended, and agree with much of his perspective regarding political correctness.

Anyway, I found this very entertaining and may read it again. I also plan to pass it on to a curmugeonly veteran friend who will no doubt appreciate military references and nuances I missed. Wish my WWII vet father was still around, because I'm sure he would enjoy it, too.

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Suncoast

Great early Cold War stories - highly recommended

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 27, 2013

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From time to time I stumble upon an unexpectedly good book - and this is one of them. It is a page-turning thriller with a difference - an espionage type story told as a personal history of the start of the Cold War.

The book is written in the first person by an old man recollecting his experiences at and just after the end of WWII. We really never get to know his real name - he has been Kerrigan, Torvasen, Sorensen (at Los Alamos) and finally Lieutenant and later Captain Anthony Williams at A Bomb test sites in the Pacific with minor but important side trips to Russia. We follow him through his various adventures in national security and counter-espionage before the start of the CIA. In between projects he even finds time to become a wealthy businessman and marry and raise a family.

Michael Leptuch is a talented author who spells out the story with humanity and occasional humour against a detailed historical background of the era. I strongly recommend this book and will certainly be reading more of his works.

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Maurice Shuck

Not bad, not great.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2014

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A lightweight look at the serious beginnings of the CIA at around the time of the Pacific Ocean hydrogen bomb tests, this novel misses the ebb and flow of a great, can't-put-it-down novel. Instead, it was easy to read and take breaks from. A few typos.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2011

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First I have to disclose that the author, Michale Leptuch, is a long-time friend of mine, so some note of bias may slip into my discussion of the book.

It is a fast-paced romp through the beginnings of the nuclear age and the Cold War with a protagonist who is a cold-blooded Yank version of James Bond. Leptuch powers the tale through with fast, heart-pounding adventure sequences, spaced with very well detailed descriptions of the first atmospheric nuclear tests immediately after Japan's surrender. This is true escapist fun with a large element of education thrown in. Just exactly the sort of book to be enjoyed late in the evening when the kids are finally in bed and you are in the mood to spoil yourself with imaginative adventure.

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Vernon L. Adams

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2013

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After being on Kwajaein in the mid 50s, the auther seems to have taken liberties to embelish the size of the island and what was on it. The rest of the story seems to be a dream of what he may have wanted to do...

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DavisEarly1234

Got for free, finished and paid for the next one in the series. Great!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2013

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This is a secret history from the point of view of an undercover security agent for nuclear weapons.

I got this for free on an Amazon deal, and really enjoyed it. Great plot, very engaging. Great details and research. Vivid scenes. Likeable and believable lead character. The writing style was great.

I finished it and immediately purchased the second one in the series.

I do not know why this author has not been picked up by a major publisher yet. This was better than 95% of the normally published books out there.

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YWRodel

Show-stopper

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 12, 2011

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I'm currently between several readings. Among them, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," Gabriel Garcia Marzquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," and the Bible. This book caught my attention by who now I have realized is one of the best authors to describe, among other things, this period and subject in history: Michael Adam Leptuch. Needless to say, previously mentioned works have taken the back-burner to a very solid and entertaining work of literature. Read, enjoy, be entertained, and educated.
Let's talk screenplay and sequel!
Semper Fi,
Yosef

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Kwajalein Island

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2013

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This book is fascinating! When I flew on the C-141, we flew a mission called the "Coral Run." We would crew rest on Kwajalein Island. The author descriptions of the island are right on..."no matter where you went you were no more than a hundred feet from the sea..." This story is the most definitive, interesting read on the testing of the plutonium bombs in the Marshall Islands. A great cold war read too!

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Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 10, 2019

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Really enjoyed reading this book I suspect a bit of fact and a bit of fiction here I would thoroughly recommend this book

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