Best Military BookNext Generation Indie Book Awards
Finalist First NovelNext Generation Indie Book Awards
Featured at theth annual William E.
Colby
Military Writers' Symposium, Norwich University,
“Centerline is a thrilling, highaction pageturner that captures a story many Americans fail to appreciatethe sacrifices of our armed forces, their families, and the medical teams who support them.
The tactical flight operations, ground combat scenes, and medical emergencies are realnot Hollywood and the stories of wounded warriors and those waiting at home are unforgettable.
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General Bill Begert, USAF Ret, Former Commander, Pacific Air Forces
Centerline tells the arresting story of the last leg of an emotional journey through the eyes of wounded warriors, crew, and medical caregivers making the trip home from military hospitals just before Christmas at the height of the surge in Iraq.
Air Evacis the collective Air Force call sign for the flight, But each person on board has an individual story of hopes, dreams, fears, and regrets as the aircraft wings its human cargo through bad weather, flashbacks, and in flight emergencies.
“Everybody who goes to war gets shot,” one soldier says, “Some in the body. Some in the head. Some in the heart. ”
This inspiring debut novel by Dave McIntyre Ret COL USA combines compelling technical descriptions of flying, combat, and medical care inflight to drive the story through a rollercoaster ride of emotions as thirtyone “souls on board” travel through pain, loss, a killer storm, and the demons of the past to make it home for Christmas.
Some travelers will fall short of the runway, And some will find the beacon that leads them homeback to the centerline, Very well written. you could tell the writer had been there and done that, kept you in suspense.
The written kept you wanting to get to the next page and chapter did not seem like fiction.
Well done. David McIntyre is a post apocalyptic fiction writer from rural Pennsylvania, He developed a keen interest in wilderness survival and primitive skills as a teenager and spent many of his early years hunting, fishing, trapping and hiking the Appalachian Mountains.
As an adult, he took this passion and traveled to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he founded the Per Ardua Wilderness Ministry and the Bushmaster Wilderness Survival School.
David has practiced wilderness survival in the Appalachian forests, Alaska, Brazils Atlantic Rainforest and in tropical Alpine ecosystems, just to name a few.
In fact, he says he never feels comfortable living in a new location until he has survived in the areas wilderness.
David now lives in Michigan with his t David McIntyre is a post apocalyptic fiction writer from rural Pennsylvania, He developed a keen interest in wilderness survival and primitive skills as a teenager and spent many of his early years hunting, fishing, trapping and hiking the Appalachian Mountains.
As an adult, he took this passion and traveled to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he founded the Per Ardua Wilderness Ministry and the Bushmaster Wilderness Survival School.
David has practiced wilderness survival in the Appalachian forests, Alaska, Brazils Atlantic Rainforest and in tropical Alpine ecosystems, just to name a few.
In fact, he says he never feels comfortable living in a new location until he has survived in the areas wilderness.
David now lives in Michigan with his three children,andand is looking forward to exploring the temperate rainforest of Vancouver Island.
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