 J Publications
Proudly present
Lost Survivor
by Thomas R. Jones
In this novel, based on his real-life experiences, Jones brings a riveting
tale about a young black man who becomes a killer in the jungles of Vietnam and
then tries to return home, only to find that neither he nor home is anything
like the pictures in his mind. How does a young man recover from the horrors of
war? What is it like to move from one world of rules to another seemingly
without rules―and then back again. Take the adventure with JD in this riveting
novel!
ISBN 0-9758840-6-9 (Trade Paperback, 6x9, 200 pages)
Already a HUGE success!
Look for it in September at your favorite Brick & Mortar bookseller, online
retailer, or direct from the publisher!
www.lostsurvivor.com
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read first 5 chapters.
 May
18-20, 2006 Tom attended Book Expo America in Washington DC to promote Lost
Survivor and meet book industry professionals to learn the processes of
success in the business of publishing books.
"I've bee around my share of this type of event, coming as I do from a
somewhat political arena," states Jones, "but I wanted to get a better feel for
the specifics of this process. . . .Overall, it's been a tremendous
success - and a great deal of fun. These folks are all good people and
professionals in an interesting industry; I look forward to dealing with them in
long and fruitful relationships."
 Thomas
R Jones Sr. served in the Vietnam War in 1967 as a Senior Hospital Corpsman with
the 3rd Recon Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart,
Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnam Campaign Medal, and
the Vietnam Services Medal. Although he survived the war, he―like
so many war veterans―came back a different person.
After the way, Jones struggled with his memories of
Vietnam―the killing, the brutality, the conflicts. Jones turned to his computer
as an outlet for the feelings that stirred inside him and wrote Lost Survivor,
the tale of a young Vietnam soldier and his struggle with the dual worlds of war
and civilization.
When he returned from the war, Jones was placed in
charge of the radioisotope and nuclear medicine laboratory at the Great Lakes
Naval Hospital. During that time, he worked with returning Vietnam veterans to
help them reintegrate into society. From 1981 to 1986, Jones served as Assistant
Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. In that position, he
counseled Vietnam veterans across the state. He also coordinated the state of
Illinois' contingency activities during the building of the Vietnam War Memorial
in Washington, DC, and served as a fund-raising and government liaison for the
building of the Illinois Vietnam Memorial.
Jones offers this novel to his fellow veterans and their
families as a way to foster understanding, tolerance, and healing; it is a
fiction based on his real experiences, and he hopes that sharing it will enable
the family and friends of veterans―veterans of any war, including the previous
and current conflicts in the Middle East―to better understand America's
returning sons and heroes.
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