Pink Mist

About the Book

The Cold War is ending while the Middle East is heating up. A young Marine Corps Officer, Josh Cavanaugh, struggles to survive the most elite flight school in the world, explore friendship, find love, and make sense of the new world order. Shortly before Desert Storm, without UN authorization, he accepts a dangerous secret mission, Operation Wet Campus, to destroy a weapon system that was illegally sold to Iraq by a rogue American defense contractor. The mission goes exactly as planned, then horribly wrong, throwing the young patriot and his American dream into chaos.

About the Author

J Kevin Cleary is an American expat living in Beijing. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, he held a commission in the United States Navy. In 1993 he accepted a post at the prestigious Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute in northern China. In 1994, he returned home and co-founded an IT company with worldwide operations. In 2002, he punched-out, sold everything, and moved to Prague to focus on writing. He eventually drifted back to China, where he now resides, travels, teaches literature and explores the region.