Shadows of Heroes Author: D. M. Ulmer; Editorial Assistant: Doris Littlefield; Managing Editor: Dari Bradley; Executive Editor: Nelson O. Ottenhausen. January 1949, early in the undeclared Cold War, the U.S. diesel-electric submarine Kokanee has illegally penetrated deep into Soviet Union waters of the White Sea and is detected by a pair of Russian destroyers. Depth charges fall on Kokanee and seem on the verge of tearing the besieged ship apart. A vindictive Russian captain is determined to eradicate the Americans. Two U.S. intelligence agents have been put ashore, their mission: determine whether the Soviets are developing a nuclear powered submarine. Commander Terry Martin violated Kokanee's patrol orders and risks everything, including his career, against the long odds of acquiring information essential to the long term security of the United States.

Count the Ways is the tale of a reluctantyoung businessmancalled upon to vindicate the memory of his grandfather. Flashbacks between the years 2000 and 1950unfold a touching story of an unlikely romance between a US Naval Academy Midshipman and an obstinate Iowa farm girl. The grandson discovers amazingparallels between his own and his grandfather's life. The recovery of his grandfather's remains in Korea sends David Judge, twenty-eight, upon a life-changing journey. Lieutenant Junior Grade Brendan Judge, missing in action since 1953, married Carlie Buhl two years earlier. He was said to have betrayed her, thus setting in motion events that resulted in her tragic death. Survivors of the era unfold a moving tale of Brendan Judge's struggle to win the elusive Carlie over the objections of her father, Tom Buhl, who sees his daughter as key to preventing the loss of his beloved farm. Follow along as Count the Ways remembers the summers of 1950 and the year 2000.