Over 650 Vietnam War novels have been published, mostly dark tales from the war zone. In
Wild Blue Yonder
, Airman Nathaniel Hawthorne Flowers goes not to Vietnam but Germany, straight into a military
Catch-22
. His assignment: writing stories for the
Stars and Stripes
newspaper that will never see print. Nate's adventure deepens as he and his fellow troops try to understand why they're there, the military mindset, and the massive social disruption roiling 1960's America.
Existential, psychedelic, funny, and laced with rock 'n' roll,
is the story of Nate's quest for personal and spiritual values while trying to learn the meaning of family, friendship, and the love of the girl he left behind.