Meet John Bushby, author of Shadow Soldiers. In 1939, as war descends on Europe, a lone American takes on the Nazis in a plan to save a group of engineers and scientists who are seeking a new life in the United States. From steamy Havana and into the cauldron of Berlin, ship owner Rick Kasten outraces the Gestapo to get his passengers safely into American waters. Escorted from central Europe by an elusive Hungarian operative, the refugees struggle across the fringes of Nazi- dominated Europe to Lisbon. From Lisbon, across the Atlantic the drama plays out as Kasten, with the help of the newly formed OSS weaves his way through a tangled web of intrigue and danger finding love along the way. As the stakes grow higher Rick discovers that he and his group have become shadow soldiers in a new and frightening war.
John Bushby was born in Westfield and attended Grant, Roosevelt and Westfield High School. He is a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander with 67 airstrikes over North Vietnam. He is currently the COO of the NJ Center for Biomaterials at Rutgers.
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