Serving in the Air Force for 33 years as a Navigator, Intelligence Officer and Junior ROTC teacher, Colonel Mann visited over 50 countries then wrote three adventure novels set in several of them, featuring Dan Sylvester and his remarkable Grumman Mallard called Bluebird, available at iuniverse.com. He then wrote The Locket, an epic tale of two Amer-Asian children caught in the 1975 Cambodian Holocaust; followed by Pale Moon Rising, a coming-of-age story set in North Georgia, and A Matter of Convenience, a tale of prejudice and romance, all available at buybooksontheweb.com. Colonel Mann lives in Roseville, Mn. with his wife.