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Themes of Mojave Winds

Fundamentalism:

A gang of drug dealers from the Middle East, fundamentalists on a mission from God, import high quality opiates for high profits. Also, on the bus that Klug takes from LAX (Los Angeles airport), several passengers follow a strong literal understanding of Christianity which only heats up the atmosphere.

New Age Spiritual Healing:

During a bus ride from LAX to Las Vegas, Kris Klug meets Sheila who is well acquainted with the "self-help" aspects of "New Age" philosophy. She applies keen insight in helping Klug resolve issues of Post-traumatic-stress-syndrome.

Combat Veterans:

As Klug returns from extended missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, he struggles to readapt to civilian life. Assimilating back into a peaceful life proves especially difficult.

American politics:

As a young recruit into the Army, Klug worked hard to prove himself with a gung-ho patriotic attitude. His dedication pays off as he moves into the elite Green Berets. After combat missions, skepticism replaces his credulity in many aspects of the war. He questions American foreign policy among other things.

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He returned to his country, his hollowed out soul gnawing away at him, until love floated in on Mojave Winds.

A Mid-Western kid ships off to serve his country...four years later...Kris Klug comes back a man looking for a job. He counts on his Uncle Fred as a bridge back to the civilian world. He yearns for simple, peaceful living.

After meeting up with his Uncle Fred for a job in his trucking outfit hauling goods between L.A. and Vegas, Klug discovers an underworld where thugs and cokeheads snare him and dump him in the Mojave.

With gangsters at his heels, Klug sinks into his darkest hour. Love comes his way when he least expects to survive. Mojave Winds carry the devil’s breath and maybe, just maybe, an angel’s mercy.

Mojave Winds

A novel by Mark Biskeborn

The sweaty hands, the memories, the emotional numbness, flashbacks, nightmares... Kris Klug struggles to forget. He denies his training to use stealth, quick and lethal response, vigilance... All he wants is to find a normal, peaceful life again where he can leave the war in his past.

He wants to believe the claim that 'by fighting them over there, we don't have to fight them here.'

Kris Klug, a dishonorably discharged Green Beret, returns home. In need of a job, he relies on Uncle Fred as one of his only remaining family.

Uncle Fred built Empire Trucking, hauling goods between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Over sixty years old now, Fred is eager to retire and pass his legitimate trucking company over to his nephew.

FBI Agent Jaeger informs Klug that his uncle may be trafficking drugs on the side and that a gang of thugs may be his suppliers. Fred vanishes.

Unaware that Fred disappeared, Klug takes a bus with 12 other passengers. Just as Klug begins an enchanting discussion with Sheila, a classical dancer working in Vegas, a drug gang hijacks the bus in the Mojave Desert. Can Klug save the passengers and redeem his dignity?

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PRAISES FOR MOJAVE WINDS

“ Mojave Winds shows us how the new Stop Loss law can rip a soldier's life apart. The prolonged combat missions strain a soldier's return to civilian life... post-traumatic-stress, financial dread, unemployment... These and other misfortunes splinter a soldier's nerves by the time he finally does get to come home. "

James Rollins, New York Times Best Selling Author of several thrillers, including his most recent The Judas Strain
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“ Biskeborn has imagination, toughness, color and in-your-face relevance-- all the ingredients for a rousing yarn."

Robert Grudin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Comparative Literature; author of four philosophy books & two novels

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" Mark Biskeborn has taken this route with an Iraq vet in his new novel, Mojave Winds, which, marketed as a thriller, is garnering attention... But doing Iraq vets justice, instead of using them as characters just because they're current and convenient, requires a different type of thriller -- one serious about character development. Of necessity, this intrudes on the non-stop action and displays of technical know-how common to the genre." "

Russ Wellen, Blogmeister, Staff Editor at Freezerbox, OpEdNews, and Scholars and Rogues.
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"A good, fast paced, and thoughtful read!"

Drusilla Campbell - Author of ten published novels, several best sellers, including her most recent Bone Lake
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From the author

Terrorist Cell Recently Arrested in Germany

Terrorist Cells? Here in the USA?
A drug dealing terrorist cell in the US? When I was initially writng Mojave Winds, the idea seemed far-fetched to many of my friends and advisors. However, after the many heated debates over the war in Iraq recently, a wave of massive disagreements swelled up into a tsunami of dissent against the White House Administration. As early as 2004, the skeptics were no longer so certain about fighting them "over there." I posed the nightmare scenario of Mojave Winds as a wake-up call to the dangers of extremism - on all sides of this explosive issue.

Many cases occure regarding Terrorist Cells arising domestically:

CHERTOFF: EUROPE-BASED TERRORISTS

DOMESTIC TERRORIST CELLS

HOME GROWN TERRORIST CELLS

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Thoughts on Foreign Policy

Imperial Blunders
The invasion and occupation of Iraq turned out to be the blunderous over-reaction that Al Gore, Barack Obama, and others predicted. In fact, the destabilization of the Middle East, especially in Iraq, satisfies the hopes and strategy of leaders like Osama bin Laden. With casualties of innocent civilians--as many as 600,000 (10 Oct. 2007, NYTimes.com) the invasion and occupation of Iraq inflames hate against the U.S. The unplanned, terribly executed 'War on Terrorism' is a hotly debated topic today. Yet it is only the tip of the iceberg. Over the next decade, other factors will prove equally significant.

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