PALOMINO DÉNOUEMENT In a dying Texas town or the heart of a Vietnam jungle, survival is more than just staying alive, it's clinging to the remnants of who you once were. Captain Grady Allen thought he understood war. He thought he knew sacrifice. But as echoes of gunfire fade, he finds himself locked in a battle with something far more insidious - his own mind. In 1968, amidst turmoil in America, Allen comes home to Palomino as a Survival Assistance Officer for the family of Sergeant Cloud Sea. Lucinda Jones, Managing Editor of the Palomino Press, asks Allen to meet after Sergeant Sea's funeral for an interview at Miss Bobbie Jo's Dairy Queen. She isn't looking for heroes-she's chasing truths buried lower than the depth of foxholes. The deaths of little Jessie and Sergeant Tommy Franklin - both connected to Allen - have left scars deeper than the war itself. As customers arrive, whispers beneath grief and silence turn to demands. But some truths are more dangerous than bullets. Allen must confront his past and the ghost of a man he might never be again. What is redemption when the line between right and wrong has blurred beyond recognition? Many lovable characters from his immensely popular novels - The Redeemer, Palomino, Porky Baycann, Lucinda Jones, Reverend Ripple$ Building Fund, Cookie Johnson, Rigors of Revenge - appear for a final bow in this concluding chapter of Tank's memorable rural town of Palomino, Texas.
At 86, Tank Gunner is an almost famous author, retired combat cavalry trooper, Senior Parachutist, and Jumpmaster awarded a Combat Infantry Badge and decorated with a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars - one for Valor - and a Purple Heart. He served his nation with pride and honor for more than a quarter-century as an enlisted soldier and officer. On his journey from Battlefield to Book Shelf, Tank has written and published 10 books in 10 years. Tank wrote a play that was produced on stage; wrote a newspaper column of satire published weekly in 24 newspapers, and created a blog with 200 non-fiction stories and 350 pictures, images, and graphics titled WAR STORIES of an ARMED SAVAGE. Using some war stories and college creative writing prompts, Tank wrote and published PROMPTS (60 short stories, including two international short story contest winners), at age 76. He followed that anthology with PROMPTS TOO (57 short stories including two international short story contest winners) at 77; COOKIE JOHNSON, a Vietnam historical fiction novel of love and war where Cookie paid an Army recruiter $10 to be a cook, ended up in Vietnam as a rifleman, and found love with Lieutenant Katy Patton, at 78; PALOMINO, immensely popular WWII historical fiction novel about 3 German POWs living and working in a rural Texas town I the summer of 1943, at 79; PORKY BAYCANN, a 14-year-old boy living in Palomino in the summer of 1943 - coming-of-age, friendship, and WWII historical fiction novel - at 80; THE REDEEMER, powerful drama of love, conflict, and redemption on the eve of WWII, an exonerated Dr Pearly Gates comes to work in the Palomino hospital, at 81; REVEREND RIPPLE$' BUILDING FUND, historical fiction about Bobby Ripples, thief, ex-con, and pretend preacher coming to Marshall, Texas for a new beginning in 1956 (Elvis Presley sings and Ray Charles appears in Bobby's tale), at 82; RIGORS of REVENGE, the story of Colonel Grady Allen, a retired soldier harboring revenge for 50 years, returns to Vietnam to find and kill a murderous enemy, at 83; LUCINDA JONES - fourth in the series with THE REDEEMER, PALOMINO, and PORKY BAYCANN - comes to work in the Palomino Press at the onset of the Korean War, in June 1950. Lucinda fights isms - sexism, racism, chauvinism, stupidism - and uncovers secrets, challenges stubbornness, defies injustice, wins trust, and delights in the excitement and serenity of true love, at age 84. His tenth book, PALOMINO DÉNOUEMENT - fifth in the Palomino series - is the story about Captain Grady Allen, in 1968, when he comes home to Palomino as escort for a soldier's burial and agrees to interview where he confronts his past, faces upheaval, and hears challenges to the war in Vietnam. He's done hundreds of book signings in 17 local bookstores and he also does a LIVE and ZOOM PowerPoint show for schools, clubs, associations, veteran groups, and senior living community residents to encourage teens to seniors to follow his lead and write, whether for a memoir, short stories, non-fiction, poetry, or magazine filler. Tank and his wife have been married 63 years and live with Cody, 100 miles southwest of Palomino.
At 86, Tank Gunner is an almost famous author, retired combat cavalry trooper, Senior Parachutist, and Jumpmaster awarded a Combat Infantry Badge and decorated with a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars - one for Valor - and a Purple Heart. He served his nation with pride and honor for more than a quarter-century as an enlisted soldier and officer. On his journey from Battlefield to Book Shelf, Tank has written and published 10 books in 10 years. Tank wrote a play that was produced on stage; wrote a newspaper column of satire published weekly in 24 newspapers, and created a blog with 200 non-fiction stories and 350 pictures, images, and graphics titled WAR STORIES of an ARMED SAVAGE. Using some war stories and college creative writing prompts, Tank wrote and published PROMPTS (60 short stories, including two international short story contest winners), at age 76. He followed that anthology with PROMPTS TOO (57 short stories including two international short story contest winners) at 77; COOKIE JOHNSON, a Vietnam historical fiction novel of love and war where Cookie paid an Army recruiter $10 to be a cook, ended up in Vietnam as a rifleman, and found love with Lieutenant Katy Patton, at 78; PALOMINO, immensely popular WWII historical fiction novel about 3 German POWs living and working in a rural Texas town I the summer of 1943, at 79; PORKY BAYCANN, a 14-year-old boy living in Palomino in the summer of 1943 - coming-of-age, friendship, and WWII historical fiction novel - at 80; THE REDEEMER, powerful drama of love, conflict, and redemption on the eve of WWII, an exonerated Dr Pearly Gates comes to work in the Palomino hospital, at 81; REVEREND RIPPLE$' BUILDING FUND, historical fiction about Bobby Ripples, thief, ex-con, and pretend preacher coming to Marshall, Texas for a new beginning in 1956 (Elvis Presley sings and Ray Charles appears in Bobby's tale), at 82; RIGORS of REVENGE, the story of Colonel Grady Allen, a retired soldier harboring revenge for 50 years, returns to Vietnam to find and kill a murderous enemy, at 83; LUCINDA JONES - fourth in the series with THE REDEEMER, PALOMINO, and PORKY BAYCANN - comes to work in the Palomino Press at the onset of the Korean War, in June 1950. Lucinda fights isms - sexism, racism, chauvinism, stupidism - and uncovers secrets, challenges stubbornness, defies injustice, wins trust, and delights in the excitement and serenity of true love, at age 84. His tenth book, PALOMINO DÉNOUEMENT - fifth in the Palomino series - is the story about Captain Grady Allen, in 1968, when he comes home to Palomino as escort for a soldier's burial and agrees to interview where he confronts his past, faces upheaval, and hears challenges to the war in Vietnam. He's done hundreds of book signings in 17 local bookstores and he also does a LIVE and ZOOM PowerPoint show for schools, clubs, associations, veteran groups, and senior living community residents to encourage teens to seniors to follow his lead and write, whether for a memoir, short stories, non-fiction, poetry, or magazine filler. Tank and his wife have been married 63 years and live with Cody, 100 miles southwest of Palomino.
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PALOMINO DÉNOUEMENT
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9798317811365
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14.07.2025
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