Fallout
A compromised American President, coerced by a secret cabal of advisors, launches a sneak atomic attack on China, Russia and North Korea. What could possibly go wrong with that?
“Fallout” tracks the horrendous one-day war, examines its aftermath. “Fallout” is based on a real American plan for a preemptive nuclear war. “Fallout” is also a love story.
It’s 1957. Two hundred atomic bombs are launched from American jet fighters, striking targets throughout the three countries simultaneously. Millions die.
One of the pilots, Captain Albert Meadows, returns to his hometown, Dallas, Texas, and finds a pariah nation.
Widespread radiation clouds the globe. The world’s economies sink.
Meadows learns his long-time girlfriend is no longer of interest. Instead, he finds meaningful romance with the unlikeliest of lovers: Samantha Crossley, a translator for the U.S. State Department, and a victim of the bombing. She is badly damaged and scarred when an atomic bomb hits Moscow while the US Secretary of State is infamously meeting with the Soviet Premier. Samantha becomes a global icon, leading a campaign for an end to all wars.
The world gradually recovers from the widespread devastation. Economies gain, the threat of a Nuclear Autumn recedes.
But recovery proves elusive. There is another war. Missiles this time.
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March 30, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars A chilling thriller
The chapters that follow pilot Al Meadow on his mission to deliver a nuclear bomb are as tense and suspenseful as any I have read. The level of detail, from the emotional to the mundane, recorded by an author obviously well versed in the operation of these killing machines, fills the reader with a sense of immediacy and growing dread. A cautionary tale of the apocalypse we still face when willfully uninformed leaders act on impulse to determine the fate of the entire world.
5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic and chilling.
February 15, 2019
This novel is obviously written by someone who has first-hand knowledge of how a nuclear war would be fought. And "Fallout: Remains..." paints a disturbing picture of the consequences of a misinformed President.
March 13, 2019
Makes you think about who sits in that seat of power!!
Loved the way this is written, with first hand knowledge of someone whose been there. I found it very hard to put down.
Going Nuclear 5.0 out of 5 stars
January 8, 2019
Buy Two Copies. One for yourself. One for someone in the US Military.
Only an elite U.S. Air Force pilot, hand-picked and specially trained to drop a nuclear warhead on China and elsewhere during the Korean War, could tell a story like Fallout. Alfred Kildow is that pilot.
This highly personal, historical novel brings our modern fears of nuclear madness all the more to life, and helps the reader realize how close we came nearly 70 years ago to lighting up the planet.
Fallout can be read at many levels: As a gripping coming-of-age story. As a first-person narrative of America’s first in a series of perpetual wars with dubious intentions. As a dystopian narrative of what happens the day after nuclear war. As a love story. And as a brave, possible act of treason for all it reveals of America’s true capacities and objectives during the Korean war.
For the majority of readers, with no personal experience of military duty or warfare, Fallout is a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it meant—and what it still means—to wear a uniform for your country.
Given current nuclear headlines devoted to the continued hostility between North Korea and America, Kildow’s Fallout reminds us that history rhymes. Change the dates, names and kiloton ratings…and Fallout could be an omen of what lies ahead for the world, now that many of America’s 20th-century adversaries can now shoot back.
A Great War Story, An Almost Romance Novel, and A Cautionary Tale
February 15, 2019
"Fallout" by Alfred Kildow is mostly a war thriller as could only be told by someone who cheated death flying fighter jets and who also can write. A rare combination. At least that's the part I liked best. The government conspiracies character vignettes love stories sex and journalism stuff, of which the latter is the best, are, understandably, less interesting. This guy can strap the reader into a fighter bomber and scare the living pants off them. And those pants won't be dry, either. Some of THE most exciting war aviation writing there is. It's worth the ride. The writing is very good, the style distinctive, the pace so fast even my least favorite passages flew by. I recommend it. You will have trouble putting it down. It's that entertaining.