Harry Bryce

Land of the Morning Calm Harry Bryce

It's 1968, and Herb Royce, a lieutenant in the U. S. Army Military Police,has been married for less than two weeks when he receives his ordersto ship out. To his surprise, he's not heading off to fight in the jungles ofVietnam; he is being sent to Korea instead. Not willing to be left behind, his wife, Joyce, a headstrong Canadiannurse, follows him and gets a job in a Korean hospital next to Herb'scamp. But little do the two realize just what they've got themselves into. North Korea's dictator is desperate to start a second Korean War inparallel with the Vietnam conflict. The snatching of a U. S. Navy ship, theUSS Pueblo, is just the beginning of a murderous yearlong struggle. Unfortunately, Herb has more than a maniacal dictator to deal with. Hisunstable, alcoholic colonel commands a tactical nuclear rocket outfitand clearly hates Herb's guts. It's soon evident that the colonel wouldn'tmind sending Herb back to the United States in a body bag. In as increasingly hostile environment, Joyce and Herb find theirrelationship tested in a strange and deadly world filled with spies, blackmarketeers, thieves, prostitutes and murderous North Korean armycommandos. But when Herb rescues an abandoned Korean infant, thecouple embarks on a truly extraordinary journey, one that will definethem in ways they never thought possible.