FRANK FAUNCE

Mystery at the Thirteen Sycamores now at Amazon

 

Mystery at the Thirteen Sycamores, written by two veterans of the Vietnamese War and Operation Desert Storm, is a pulse pounding suspense set in the modern world of Jihadist terror and intrigue with home grown terrorist cells growing like mushrooms. After a German Luftwaffe squadron annihilates a group of Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan, the surviving leader of the group vows to track and kill the commander of the squadron, his family, and anyone else who gets in the way of his revenge. The action takes place in the Middle East behind the "Crescent Curtain" and in the cosmopolitan cities of Europe before spilling over onto the shores of America. It reaches a nail biting surprising conclusion deep in the heartland of the United States.

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Authors Frank R. Faunce and Joe C. Rudé III have created a fictional novel that is based on fact and the real secret behind ISIS terrorism. Their military experience and travels throughout Europe and North America provided the background for this timely tale that is replete with vivid imagery that projects the reader into the action from one location to the next. The book is available in paperback and Kindle e-book formats at Amazon.com and online at other major book retailers.

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Dr. Faunce is a retired United States Army colonel. He was commissioned as a captain during the Vietnamese War, was activated for duty during Operation Desert Storm, and his last assignment overseas was in Mogadishu, Somalia. He was the command dental surgeon of the Third United States Army and served overseas in most of the Middle Eastern Countries and in East Africa. In between deployments, he maintained a private dentistry practice, was an associate professor and department chair at Emory University in Atlanta, wrote many scientific papers and articles, and lectured extensively at universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. He is an officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem whose sovereign head is Queen Elizabeth II.

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Dr. Rudé joined the United States Air Force after medical school and internship, and served in Vietnam as a flight surgeon, flying 48 combat missions as the weapons systems operator in the back seat of F-4 Phantoms. For this he was awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. After a radiology residency and fellowship at Emory University, he practiced diagnostic and interventional radiology for 37 years in Atlanta, Georgia. During that time, he was elected chief-of-staff and was appointed to the Board of Trustees of one of his hospitals and served as a clinical associate professor at both the Emory University School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry. He has held multiple offices in the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and in many genealogical and heraldic organizations, and was awarded several knighthoods.

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They are now working on the sequels to Mystery at the Thirteen Sycamores.