Pursued: Ten Knights on the Barroom Floor - Jones, Mel R.
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Wary of human emotion, but sure of scientific verity, Dr. Emerson Stanek's orderly life erupts into a perilous adventure in 1973 when he joins Dr. DeAnn Toland and her U.S. Army remains recovery team at a WW II B-24 bomber crash site in New Guinea. A crime scene within the bomber's wreckage named "Ten Knights on the Barroom Floor," spearheads his investigation into a 30-year-old mystery entangling Stanek and Toland in a deadly and intricate web threaded with global intrigue. Stanek must look beyond science to probe the human soul when survival depends upon the pursued becoming the pursuers.

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Wary of human emotion, but sure of scientific verity, Dr. Emerson Stanek's orderly life erupts into a perilous adventure in 1973 when he joins Dr. DeAnn Toland and her U.S. Army remains recovery team at a WW II B-24 bomber crash site in New Guinea. A crime scene within the bomber's wreckage named "Ten Knights on the Barroom Floor," spearheads his investigation into a 30-year-old mystery entangling Stanek and Toland in a deadly and intricate web threaded with global intrigue. Stanek must look beyond science to probe the human soul when survival depends upon the pursued becoming the pursuers.
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Mel R. Jones's diverse military career included serving several years as an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army. Later he became an artillery officer and a public information specialist attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His public affairs duties included serving as press aide and speech writer for the Secretary of the Army. Jones's other notable assignments included two tours of duty in Vietnam, the first of which in 1962-1963, as an advisor, he created and edited the MAAG/MACV (Military Assistance Advisory Group / Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Observer, the first official U.S. Armed Forces Publication in Southeast Asia. A second Vietnam tour in 1969-1970 as public affairs officer for the 1st Air Calvary Division, required Jones to accompany his unit into Cambodia, where he established a press center in a hostile area of operation and provided support to international media as spokesperson for the spearhead division. As the first public affairs officer for all recruiters during the startup for the Volunteer Army, Jones authored the U.S. Army Recruiting Command's Public Affairs Handbook for Commanders and PAOs. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Public Affairs Hall of Fame in 2001. During his Army career he earned the Air Medal, Bronze Star and Legion of Merit among other awards. After his Army career, Jones worked as public relations director for several firms including the Experimental Aircraft Association. Later he established his own public relations firm. He graduated from Florida Southern College with a B.A. degree in international relations and a minor in journalism and later earned two masters degrees, the first in international relations at Boston University and the second in mass communications at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jones's published works include a book of poetry and two non-fiction books as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. The late Mel R. Jones is survived by his wife, Marian, his children Beth, Grace, Mark and Matthew, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.