Retired teacher and newspaper editor Howard J. Schwach started writing novels at age 78 in 2018 to empty his bucket list and to maintain his mental health. Vampire Liberty is his sixth published novel and he is already hard at work on his seventh, Ten Mile River. When not at his computer bringing his favorite protagonist, Dave Rifkin, to life, Schwach can be found working with senior citizens who want to write their own novels and memoirs. His popular Zoom writing seminar, sponsored by a local community college as part of its “Healthy Living” program, has spawned several published novels over the past four years.
Vampire Liberty
A Novel of the Navy
by Howard Schwach
Vampire Liberty
A Novel of the Navy
by Howard Schwach
Published Mar 28, 2025
466 Pages
Genre: FICTION / Historical / General
Book Details
Shore Patrol Duty Leads To Deadly Investigation
Yeoman Second Class Ben Yanek loves his job as a court reporter on the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. It’s an easy billet and he’s contemplating shipping over for six more years, until an assignment to the shore patrol in Palermo, Sicily, puts him on the trail of shipmates who would steal and kill to achieve their aims. What he finds puts his life and the lives of others on the massive ship, in danger from forces he still does not understand.
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