Pale Horse 3

1982 - Copilot Dillon Lawless finds himself in command of a USAF B-52G bomber on a nuclear-strike mission. The pilot, Captain Spaulding McQuagg, is dead of a gunshot Lawless had been forced to fire himself. A coup d' tat in Moscow has left a junta of generals and KGB officers struggling for control of the Soviet government and has launched a largescale attack into West Germany. Pale Horse 3 - the lone, airborne B-52 - is tasked with destroying seven Soviet targets in East Germany with nuclear-tipped missiles. Spurlin AFB, Maine, is home to Pale Horse 3 and has been targeted for destruction by a Soviet Naval Spetsnaz team with a man-portable nuclear weapon. The chances of Pale Horse 3 returning home safely are low. Will Pale Horse 3 return to an intact Air Force installation or a radioactive wasteland, or will the NEST teams and Army Rangers eliminate the infiltrators before they can detonate a nuclear weapon on U.S. soil?"Rus Greer uses his experiences as a USAF B-52 pilot to take us on a gut-wrenching romp into the unthinkable war scenario he was trained to fight. Riveting and immersive " - Dan Hampton, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret) NYT and international bestselling author of Chasing the Demon.


About the Author
Greer, Russell L.: - Russell L. Greer is a former U.S. Air Force B-52 pilot and T-37 instructor pilot. He is a native Georgian and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in secondary history education from Columbus State University. Mr. Greer is retired from teaching history in Georgia public high schools and colleges. He currently resides in Woodstock, Georgia with his wife, Karen. Pale Horse 3 is his second novel.