Author Description

College senior Karl Haus is witnessing his worst nightmare become a reality; He is drafted during the Vietnam War. Is there a way to escape the battlefields? To avoid combat in Southeast Asia Haus agrees to tackle a mission to secure a new poison for the CIA. From the forests of Mount Isarog to the Philippines uncharted islands Haus tracks the deadly Pearl Spider. His contact in the CIA, rogue agent Robert Green is just as mysterious and just as deadly as the spider he’s chasing, and what he doesn’t know about both of them might get Haus killed. Callie the beautiful widowed Filipina school teacher, Klingingpeale the German bio weapons expert , and Felipe the Aeta “spirit of the forest” join forces with Haus as he becomes the soldier he never wanted to be.