Bootleg Heroes

<p>At the American Embassy in Quito Ecuador the members of the Marine Security Guard Detachment act as a highly skilled spit and polish first line of defense for members of the diplomatic corps. <em>Bootleg Heroes </em>however<em> </em>is an after-hours novel that invites the reader to peer behind the curtain. Once the Embassy has closed and the Marines have shed their uniforms <em>Bootleg Heroes</em> begins. </p><p></p><p>On the eve of the 1980 Reagan/Carter election Lance Corporal Curtis B. Dark arrives in country. His first Marine House T.G.I.F. begins at sundown and lasts the entire weekend. Dark's initial ambition to establish himself as a gung-ho hard charging Marine quickly gives way to a pressing realization - that he'd rather be a lover than a fighter...</p>