Other editions of book McAlister's Trail

What happens when a Vietnam War veteran chopper pilot puts pen to paper after retirement? Imagine the adventures and escapes a young RAAF pilot could get up to in war-torn Southeast Asia and New Guinea. Just think of a volatile cocktail including the late Robin William’s Good Morning Vietnam, Mel Gibson and Robert Downey jnr’s Air America, Eagle comics Luck of the Legion and Apocalypse Now, injected with Richard Marman’s own experience serving with the RAAF in Vietnam and New Guinea and the result is The McAlister Line! So travel back to a time in quite recent history when so many young people were thrust into conflicts of the politicians’ making just as they are today. And like young men and women everywhere, when put into extraordinary circumstances, the adventures and escapes too, are extraordinary.As an ex-military chopper and heavy transport pilot who has visited many of the locations forming The McAlister Line backdrops, Marman knows what he is talking about. Especially aimed at young adults (YA), the 5th book in the McAlister Line takes us back in time and explores the American branch of the McAlister line. Set against the panoramic backdrop of New Mexico, Sonora, Arizona and California in 1867, Jubal Quinn is desperate. He is a black trooper in the newly formed 10th Cavalry accused of murdering a white man. Behind bars and doomed to hang, his only chance is to escape from the stockade with the help of Billy Songbird, a wayward, half-breed, Kiowa teenager. Hot on their heels is Lieutenant Sam McAlister, a man whose devotion to duty has turned to obsession. Blasting a trail of blood headlong through the Southwest, not even the love of a beautiful Mexican girl can deter Sam. The chase can only end when either he or Jubal Quinn is dead.

What happens when a Vietnam War veteran chopper pilot puts pen to paper after retirement? Imagine the adventures and escapes a young RAAF pilot could, get up to in war-torn Southeast Asia and New Guinea. Just think of a volatile cocktail including the late Robin William’s Good Morning Vietnam, Mel Gibson and Robert Downey jnr’s Air America, Eagle comics Luck of the Legion and Apocalypse Now, injected with Richard Marman’s own experience serving with the RAAF in Vietnam and New Guinea and the result is The McAlister Line! So travel back to a time in quite recent history when so many young people were thrust into conflicts of the politicians’ making just as they are today. And like young men and women everywhere, when put into extraordinary circumstances, the adventures and escapes too, are extraordinary.As an ex-military chopper and heavy transport pilot who has visited many of the locations forming The McAlister Line backdrops, Marman knows what he is talking about. Especially aimed at young adults (YA), the 5th book in the McAlister Line takes us back in time and explores the American branch of the McAlister line. Set against the panoramic backdrop of New Mexico, Sonora, Arizona and California in 1867, Jubal Quinn is desperate. He is a black trooper in the newly formed 10th Cavalry accused of murdering a white man. Behind bars and doomed to hang, his only chance is to escape from the stockade with the help of Billy Songbird, a wayward, half-breed, Kiowa teenager. Hot on their heels is Lieutenant Sam McAlister, a man whose devotion to duty has turned to obsession. Blasting a trail of blood headlong through the Southwest, not even the love of a beautiful Mexican girl can deter Sam. The chase can only end when either he or Jubal Quinn is dead.

Set against the panoramic backdrop of New Mexico, Sonora, Arizona and California in 1867, Jubal Quinn is desperate. He is a black trooper in the newly formed 10th Cavalry accused of murdering a white man. Behind bars and doomed to hang, his only chance is to escape from the stockade with the help of Billy Songbird, a wayward, half-breed, Kiowa teenager. Hot on their heels is Lieutenant Sam McAlister, a man whose devotion to duty has turned to obsession. Blasting a trail of blood headlong through the Southwest, not even the love of a beautiful Mexican girl can deter Sam. The chase can only end when either he or Jubal Quinn is dead.

For lovers of the Action and Adventure genre but equally for young adults (YA) - the 5th book in the McAlister Line takes us back in time and explores the American branch of the McAlister line.Set against the panoramic backdrop of New Mexico, Sonora, Arizona and California in 1867, Jubal Quinn is desperate. He is a black trooper in the newly formed 10th Cavalry accused of murdering a white man. Behind bars and doomed to hang, his only chance is to escape from the stockade with the help of Billy Songbird, a wayward, half-breed, Kiowa teenager. Hot on their heels is Lieutenant Sam McAlister, a man whose devotion to duty has turned to obsession. Blasting a trail of blood headlong through the Southwest, not even the love of a beautiful Mexican girl can deter Sam. The chase can only end when either he or Jubal Quinn is dead.