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About the Book
Sworn to Secrecy brings to life the 1947 Roswell
Incident—the crash and recovery of a craft of unknown origin.
The historical novel focuses on real military and political
characters and weaves a saga about how their participation
in this historical event affected their professional and personal
lives.
While flying a nuclear bomb training mission, “Butch” Blanchard,
a colonel in the Army Air Corps, witnesses an object traveling
at an impossible speed, almost colliding with his plane.
When the craft crashes in the New Mexico desert just outside
of Roswell, Butch is placed in charge of the crash recovery
and clean-up. Five “humanoid” bodies are discovered near the
crash site, and Butch is suddenly dealing with alien autopsies
and technology and is entangled in a massive government cover-up.
He spends the rest of his career working with those who orchestrated
the cover-up. As he continues to climb in rank and is ultimately
promoted to deputy Joint Chief, his career aspirations and
the government cover-up clash with his quest to expose the
truth.
The novel is a story of power struggles, conspiracy and cover-up
during the Cold War era. It is set against a backdrop of the
dawn of the nuclear age and the influences of the vast military
complex that guided the emergence of the world’s superpowers.
It explores man’s need to understand his place in the universe
and his drive for self-preservation.
Many of the events portrayed in this piece of historical fiction
are supported by historical documents included in the novel’s
final sections.
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