The Line Across The Mountains: The 38th Parallel

The Korean War is raging and Captain Sergio Crosetti is injured while leading his men to victory. Recuperating in Kyoto, he meets Major Angelica Grandi and passions are kindled. His wounds healing, Crosetti unites with Lt. Harry Tracotta to investigate charges of corruption among base administrators and surgeons. Have these men fallen prey to Japanese concubines and the lure of the underworld? Crosetti and Tracotta are sent into battle, leaving behind the women they love. Crosetti and his men drive north toward the Yalu River and are soon challenged by the arrival of 300,000 Chinese troops. The Battle at the Reservoirs is fought, the Americans overwhelmed and driven back to Hungnam and evacuation. How will history remember these men who fought in sub-zero temperatures, weather so devastating it is called the 'Siberian Freight Train'? The Line Across The Mountains: The 38th Parallel is more than a war novel. It is an exposé about the physical and psychological well-being of our fighting men who struggled against a vicious enemy, while the powers at home-Truman and General McCarthy-were locked in a political battle that threatened to undermine the morale of the troops and change the course of American foreign policy.