Sing Me No Sad Songs

This exciting novel about a young Air Force pilot on secret duty in Laos after the February 1973 cease-fire is based on actual historical events in that landlocked Kingdom. After the shoot down and capture of his best friend by the communist Pathet Lao, Brian Marshall, a raven FAC, devises and executes an unauthorized rescue attempt. However, it is more than just a war story. It is also the story of one man's attempt to overcome his own weaknesses and the political and bureaucratic obstacles in his way.

Although set in Southeast Asia, it is not a story about Vietnam. It is a story about Americans, their problems, their government, and their hopeless entanglement in a secret war in a much misunderstood country.

Details of Laos history at the time the story takes place build the perception that the story might not really be fiction. The story covers 10 days in August 1973 and takes place in Washington, D. C., Bangkok, Thailand, Vientiane, Laos, and the jungles near the Plain of Jars, and is based on the author's personal experiences.

An exciting book of intrigue and complicity, the story is a must read for anyone interested in what really happened in Laos in the early to mid-1970s and whose imagination is strong enough to believe that the events described just might be true.