Dragon Bait — Robert Flanagan

Dragon Bait is book II in a trilogy, three

linked and contiguous novels which

feature the same common primary

characters and venues throughout a

continuing story. Use of fl ash-back or

back story reversions to earlier times/

places is common, allowing introduction

of relevant but minor swatches of

information and perspective.


Book I, Involuntary Tour, published in

2009, was set in Bad Aibling, Germany,

in 1968, Viet Nam in 1964-65, and

briefl y the U.S. in 1965-66. Dragon Bait,

more ambitious, is set in Bad Aibling,

again in 1968; the U.S. in short segments

over several periods; Asmara, Eritrea

(Ethiopia) in 1960-62; Rothwesten and

Gartow, Germany, in 1966-67; and Viet

Nam in 1968. Book III, Falloff , projected

for publication in mid-2011, is set almost

entirely in Viet Nam, multiple locations,

in 1969. Th ough each book stands alone

as a novel, the entire story demands the

range of the full trilogy.