J. Thom Love's New Book 'Face of the Troll' is a Deeply Absorbing Novel That Unveils the Secrets and Sacrifices of People During the Vietnam War
NEW YORK, February 22, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Fulton Books author, J Thom Love, M.D., a Navy /flight Surgeon with the First Marine Airwing in Vietnam and a retired Navy Captain, has just completed and released his new book "Face of the Troll": an intriguing read on lasting friendship that overcomes a catastrophic era. The story starts with CJ, a promising female reporter who was tasked to do an interview with a university professor. She absolutely has no idea why she was given this duty, until she sits down with the professor who's also a war veteran and learns of the demons the people had to face during the Vietnam War in order to obtain the bliss of the present.
Love shares, "Three boys grow up in rural North Carolina in the World War II era. Although from very diverse social backgrounds, they formed lasting bonds that amused and amazed all but their families. As with most, they drifted apart during college and postgraduate education, having developed different goals and values. The Vietnam War further separated them as one became a USMC combat pilot, one a Naval flight surgeon, and the last a protesting, antimilitary internist. Their extreme experiences in Vietnam led to epiphanies as to the core values of each. The death of one reunited the surviving two, revealing how horrid experiences led to greater understanding of themselves and others. One surrendered his surgical training to become a creative-writing professor, while the other found that his earlier moral and ethical digressions resulted in entrapment that ultimately led to international fame in medical research.
The story centers around an upward-moving young female reporter who is given the task of interviewing a creative-writing professor at Duke University as a proxy for the famous medical researcher who never gives presentations nor gives interviews for fear of revealing the past. She knows little of the reason for the interview, nor why she was selected, making the entire scenario mysterious. The children's tale of Three Billy Goats Gruff was the basis of a childhood play game enjoyed by the two survivors that later becomes the metaphor for how hard experiences led to change and self-actualization as the identity of the troll is revealed."
Published by Fulton Books, J. Thom Love's book illuminates on the untold battles while the whole world was in chaos. J. Thom Love presents a heartbreaking story of friendship and how guilt continues to linger in the hearts of those who survived to tell the tale.
The poems included in this tale adds more to the melancholic vibe of J. Thom Love's literary work.
Readers who wish to experience this riveting work can purchase "Face of the Troll" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play or Barnes & Noble.
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Source: Fulton Books
