John S Kistler: 2 books

New Moon Rising is a work of historical fiction, based upon many events in the Persian Gulf during the months prior to and following the fall of Reza Shah Pahlav in 1979. The names of the characters in the story are fictitious, but represent many of the Navy men I sailed with aboard USS LaSalle (AGF-3) from 1978 to 1980.

Shadow of the Shah is a work of fiction, providing a narrative of events that dramatizes the tensions between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Iran beginning in 1979. The book follows LCDR Jack Donovan, US Navy, who was the protagonist in the author's previous work of historical fiction, New Moon...