BERLIN Book 5

Loud and Clear (Book 5 of 6)

By: Jon Swank

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

October 1988. Serving in any branch of the US military is still forbidden for gays. Those outed in uniform risk military prison terms and humiliation unimaginable to any straight man or women. Air Force Second Lieutenant Sandy Spencer is checked into the Templehof BOQ room 312. Almost ten years have passed since Brett Walker checked into the same room. Many aspects of life in the military and in West Berlin remain the same, only the characters have changed. Sandy chooses the Air Force as a stepping stone for a journalism career. His assignment to Air Force Network Berlin Radio as the OIC is a perfect fit with his plan. Four years and out. Sandy has no fear of his homosexuality nor of the straight world that surrounds him. Not even in the military during the late 80s. His closet walls are narrow. Not so for Army Captain Wade Bowden, the Commander of Bravo Company. The tall handsome Captain with icy blue eyes unknowingly becomes the inspiration of the Brigade’s newest comic superhero, Capan Iceman. Friendship with Sandy is rocky at first until it develops into a relationship stifled by anxiety. Wade is torn between his attraction to Sandy and his ultimate goal to achieve the rank of general. The young Lieutenant tries his best to convince him he can do both. Like so many of the young officers assigned to West Berlin, Sandy finds himself at ground zero on the USBER security team. They are in a frantic search for someone shooting bullets over the wall at the East German and Soviet guards. Meanwhile, Sandy is unexpectedly introduced to a young soldier on the radio calling himself Corporal X who informs the audience he is tired of the way the Army treats gays and is ready to defect to the other side. They fear Corporal X and the shooter may be the same Soviet spy trying to cause chaos for the Americans. Or is he really a disillusioned soldier ready to run with a bag full of secrets? As always, members of the USBER security team navigate the dangers of a democracy surrounded by the Iron Curtain and the Berlin wall. If you enjoy reading stories about gay men written by gay men, then you might enjoy these other books by Jon Swank: Berlin Book 1: Hot and Cold Berlin Book 2: In and Out Berlin Book 3: Langsam und Schnell Berlin Book 4: Light and Dark Berlin Book 5: Loud and Clear Berlin Book 6: Over and Out Nevada Cain Ranch Delta Hotel Delta Hotel Two Long Live the Queen: Solenopsis invicta Sailor's Island Purgatory Ranch White Gold of the Amazon The Other Man's Space All exciting military gay adventure books. Category: Gay military. Gay mystery. Gay adventure. Gay romance, LBGTQ, Gay western, Gay cowboy.