Joseph D. Iverson

Harvey's Awol Joseph D. Iverson

Pvt. Harvey Lobb is inadvertently left behind when his company boards an airplane and departs for Vietnam. He is Absent Without Leave and pursued by both the FBI and a group of zealots whose leader is convinced that Harvey is responsible for the crash of the plane that killed his comrades.
Harvey?s instinct for survival steers him to Alaska where he subsists in a village inhabited by native Indians, Aleuts, half-breeds, and miscreants from the lower states. There, he is caught in a complex social web, a structure in which he finds devoted friendship, love, and danger.
Harvey's AWOL is a story of young innocence, awkward love, and mature romantic relationships. And it is a story of adventure and survival, Harvey's struggle to stay alive becoming even more intense after he experiences deep, tender love.
Harvey's adventures span from Alaska?s snow-covered tundra to the Canyon Lands of Southern Utah. The story is fast-paced and intricately plotted, drawing the reader into a grid of interlocking tales teeming with characters from an unsettled world. Harvey?s AWOL is sweating with action and surprise. Through to the close, the writing is vivid and gripping.