Tainted Blood : The United States' Experiments with Germ Warfare

Tainted Blood, a novel, draws on true information. In the 1960s the United States experimented with biological warfare weapons on Pacific Islands, known as Operation Autumn Gold. The character Edwin Duncan, in chapters 18 and 19, presents the author's experience with the tests run off the Hawaiian Islands. Brother Philip's religious cult describes practices of some real cults. The Church of Eternal Light, however, is fictional, as far as the author knows. Author's Experience with Nuclear Weapons --- Designated a nuclear weapons pilot, a nuclear weapons pilot inspector, and a nuclear weapons target officer.