"From Whence They Fell," a paradox of love and war, is the first chapter of Zack's WW II trilogy. Zack Derream, an OSS agent assigned to Nazi-occupied Holland and France, shares danger, then love and marriage with his fellow Dutch agent, Karlana Leyte. They survived the war and experienced twelve years of domestic contentment, until tragedy destroys that union. The paradox of love and war is obvious in that those who share days of fear, torture, or death find that even during the darkest days of conflict, they share emotions that blend into moments of love and caring which give them the power to survive. "The Ultimate Human Evil - ODESSA" is the second chapter of Zack's trilogy. As an agent for NET, Nazi Escapee Trackers, he leaves his law practice and an empty home without Karlana. A mission to South America places him in a face-off with Karl Zinger, a former Nazi double agent who betrayed Zack and Karlana during WW II. "From the Sky - ODESSA" is the final chapter of Zack's trilogy. As an agent for NET he is committed to bringing Huff Hiner, a viciously evil Nazi war criminal, to the War Crimes Tribunal in Holland. NET headquarters in Vienna, Austria assigns Zack to South America where he encounters Huff Hiner, who was mentored in WWII by Karl Zinger at the Dachau Nazi prison. Consequently, Zack's Argentina assignment to capture Huff presents an emotionally centered personal revenge to take this evil Nazi back to Den Hague, Holland to the War Crimes Tribunal. Huff Hiner is an inbred double evil Nazi since the time he was in Hitler's Jugend youth program. His progression from Jugend training to a Luftwaffe fighter pilot places a demon force of power for him to kill any and all Jews. War is not fair to those who participate, and Huff faces his progression downward as a Nazi POW in the USA. Every two years from 1952 to 1960 on the 20th of April in East Oklahoma and West Arkansas a teenage girl is raped, murdered, and left with a Nazi swastika carved onto her forehead. The mystery remains until 1960 when NET contacts Zack Derream and asks him to travel to Buenos Aries. The chase is on to find, capture and take Huff Hiner, aka Ralph Reeger, back to Arkansas and on to Den Hague, Netherlands. It's been a long dangerous journey for Zack from WW II to post-war domestic love and tragedy. His OSS agent assignments in WW II remain with him in thought and action, which undoubtedly is a component that gives him confidence and courage to be an American Patriot who served during the war and still serves his beloved America with honor and gratitude.
About the Author: Wm. R. Van Osdol, Ph.D., is a psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is the author of two World War Two nonfiction books, three novels set in World War Two, seven university textbooks, and fifty professional papers presented throughout the U.S., Canada, England, and France. He was a visiting professor at St. Johns, Newfoundland, and recently was a PACE instructor at sea onboard the aircraft carriers USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Ronald Reagan. Dr. Van served in the U.S. Navy.