Lexi, a feisty millennial, finds her plans for a vacation after college shattered by the death of a friend and an echo from 1945. Everything changes when she becomes the target of an assailant and her conscience wrestles with her dead friend’s activities during WWII. She transforms from victim to sleuth with the help of a protective FBI agent, and a savvy history professor with ties to the intelligence community. Lexi’s discovery of a mysterious airplane leads her and an FBI task force to groups of operatives who extended the reach of fascism across Central and South America after the war. Constant interaction between Lexi and the FBI agent leads to the beginning of a relationship. She maintains her distance, but it’s game on.
Targeted Age Group:: YA/NA (17-25)
What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I read a lot of history. This story came to me as a composite of accounts I read about the end of World War II and how it affected the lives of people on both sides of that epic disaster. The ways some people profited from the evil spawned during the struggle still echo today.
How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Some of the characters in this book are homages to people I have known in my lifetime. They likely would have taken on the characters' attributes if their lives had been different and not shortened by fate.
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Author Bio:
Art Barry is a successful entrepreneur and author who lives in North Texas with his wife and rescue dogs. His first e-book on Amazon, The Downsize Side Hustle, was first published in 2020 and has solid reviews. Barry's interview on the Landlord Diaries YouTube channel for the second edition received 1,000+ views in 2023. Dark Latitude, his debut novel, was published on Amazon in November 2023. He has written numerous articles for magazines including Technical Photography, Audio Visual Communications, Texas Computing, Computer Currents, and QST, the Amateur Radio Relay League magazine. He held marketing and managerial positions for several major U.S. corporations, including the Color Tile division of the Tandy Corporation and Electronic Data Systems Corporation. In 1992, he founded his own company to provide clock batteries for computers, peripherals, and medical equipment. The company he founded serves over 19,000 customers in 42 countries using direct marketing and the Internet.
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