Summer of Love: Semper Fi

By Tim Weller

The twin fires of Vietnam and the late sixties are raging across America, scorching some, changing all. It is the Summer of Love, 1967. Nick Alexander is eighteen, skinny and afraid to stand up for himself. His solution for personal validation seems simple: he joins the Marine Corps. Just as iron is heated to a high temperature to remove the impurities and make it stronger, Parris Island's severe training transforms Nick into steel. He now possesses the inner strength to be more powerful than anything that could happen. That's good because he will need that strength a few times before he gets out of the Marine Corps. Vietnam. Nick's best friend Rod West is shot during a firefight. Nick struggles to keep him alive. Adding to his challenges, Nick saves Lien, a beautiful young Vietnamese woman, from a brutal rape and falls for her. There's one huge obstacle to their romance - Lien's father hates Americans.Love, war and death push Nick to learn the true meaning of Semper Fi as America erupts with war protests and savors free love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148028310X
• ISBN13: 9781480283107
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"