In Green Sleep
A Tour of Duty
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“No problem, love,” she said. “No harm done. You didn’t forget about our date tonight, did you? Now if you did, that would be harmful.” That was the cue. The words “harm” and “date” were the keys. Bluderin knew he was to meet a woman this evening, but he had no idea she would be so exquisite. He held her coat open as she slid into it …
“How could I possibly forget about a date with you?” he said, lightly touching her left cheek and smiling. “You’re luminescent.”
“Luminescent? I like that,” she said. “How flattering.”The woman stood on her toes to kiss Bluderin and whisper her name. After briefly introducing her as Leda to Eddie and Jürgen, then Karin and Gus, they left the Gasthaus. …
Leda had captured everyone’s attention at the Gasthaus. So much for going unnoticed, Bluderin thought …As they made their way to Bluderin’s apartment, he saw a soft light surrounding Leda’s face. The luminescence he had referred to in the Gasthaus was no hyperbole. Leda Beschwörung outclassed him, but in a good way—that is, making him feel good and worthy, the best he’d felt in a long time.
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It is the late 1960s. Cold war tensions and the Vietnam conflict dominate the media. John Bluderin, a drafted, dejected nineteen-year-old army specialist, has been assigned to military intelligence in Germany. Fluent in German and absorbed into the social fabric of Schwäbisch Gmünd, no one would ever suspect him of doing anything out of the ordinary. Specialist Bluderin is about to prove everyone wrong.
As John begins his first assignment, he meets Leda Beschwörung, a petite, dedicated agent able to jump twenty yards at a clip and infiltrate the enemy seamlessly. Leda, a practitioner of Gestalt psychology, makes Bluderin feel worthy again and becomes the catalyst in his coming-of-age journey, changing his life forever. Under Leda’s diligent mentoring, Bluderin’s perception of human nature sharpens. He soon encounters Günter Mann, a clairvoyant shepherd whose advice leads him to a Norwegian goddess. Solveig Evensen introduces him to a new world of emotional, intellectual, and erotic passion where both learn to transcend their past barriers. But it is Bluderin’s final assignment that places his life on the edge of death.
In Green Sleep is a compelling tale of one man’s philosophical voyage to seek and understand the truth in a world riddled with deception.
About the Author
Jerry Ackerman was formerly a military analyst, technical writer, reference book editor, teacher, and soldier. His published works include numerous articles, essays, short stories, and poems. Now a marketing executive specializing in environmentally sustainable solutions, he lives in the farmhouse he painstakingly restored in Deep River, Connecticut.