Morning Calm

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“Morning Calm is anything but. In his debut novel, Morwick skillfully transports us to a riveting, intriguing, and spellbinding Korean peninsula that true experts recognize as the most dangerous place on Earth.”—Evan Offstein, Ph.D., author of Stand Your Ground: Building Honorable Leaders the West Point Way

"West Point graduate and former U. S. Army infantry officer Jason Morwick has crafted the perfect novel of military service in South Korea in fragile peacetime. With the tension of men and women almost but not...

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Overview

“Morning Calm is anything but. In his debut novel, Morwick skillfully transports us to a riveting, intriguing, and spellbinding Korean peninsula that true experts recognize as the most dangerous place on Earth.”—Evan Offstein, Ph.D., author of Stand Your Ground: Building Honorable Leaders the West Point Way

"West Point graduate and former U. S. Army infantry officer Jason Morwick has crafted the perfect novel of military service in South Korea in fragile peacetime. With the tension of men and women almost but not quite at war, Korean politics wavering between gratitude and treachery, head-pounding overdoses of native soju and the stench of kimchi pickled cabbage in fish sauce, Jason Morwick has written the best novel about Korea since James Michener’s The Bridges at Toko-ri."—Douglas Savage, author of The Court Martial of Robert E. Lee

Soju hangovers, prostitution, bar brawls, riots, training accidents and the monotony of garrison life describe the environment of 1990s Korea for First Lieutenant Greg Thomlin. While Thomlin balances bouts with women and alcohol, threats from North Korea are ever-present. North Korean infiltrators battle with South Korean police as Thomlin and his cohort become desensitized to the world around them. Thomlin’s life is disrupted when he is assigned to investigate a missing automated network control device—a loss that is a cardinal sin for unit commanders, and a potential windfall for enemy spies.

For the soldiers who served in an era between wars, Korea was a surreal experience—a land filled with temptations while the threat of war constantly loomed in the background.

JASON MORWICK is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a former Army infantry officer stationed in Korea. He is a co-author of several nonfiction publications, including Making Telework Work, and Gridiron Leadership. Morning Calm is his first novel.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780984225248
  • Publisher: Nortia Press
  • Publication date: 11/15/2011
  • Pages: 336
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

JASON MORWICK is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and former Army infantry officer. After completing Airborne, Ranger, and Air Assault schools, Morwick was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Air Assault), 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Casey, Korea, just 20 miles south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

Morwick is a co-author of Making Telework Work: Leading People and Leveraging Technology for High-Impact Results (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2009), Gridiron Leadership (Praeger, 2009), and contributing author to the forthcoming book Six Sigma and Software Quality Improvement (McGraw-Hill, March 2011). He has written for journals and magazines such as Quality Progress, Review of Business, American Business Review, Strategic HR Review, Business Journal, and iSixSigma Magazine.

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