Border Duty

The lives of two young soldiers from opposite sides of the Iron Curtain intersect in a tangle of blood and intrigue in Border Duty. When an East German border officer attempts to defect on Christmas Eve during the bitter German winter of 1988, he unknowingly sets in motion a series of tragic events. As a witness to the defection, a young American cavalry officer finds himself bound up in his enemy's fate. When East Germany implodes just months later, the German soldier vows revenge against the only person whose involvement he can identify: the decorated American officer. Robert Butler weaves an intense and multi-layered story about the conflicting loyalties of the military: duty to country and faithfulness to oneself'”and the lengths one has to go to preserve both'”in this heart-pumping military thriller.Butler, Robert is the author of 'Border Duty', published 2004 under ISBN 9781592868919 and ISBN 1592868916.