Melanie

From the battlefields of Vietnam to the coalmines of Utah <I>Melanie</I> explores both the tragedy of war and the dangers of longwall coal mining. But beyond these two contrasts lies a passionate love story. </p><P>In Part I Tom Ire returns to Oakville Utah after twelve years in the Navy and two tours of duty in Vietnam. He is welcomed home as a hero but with both parents now dead and the horror of Vietnam still fresh in his memory starting over is not that easy. Heartache and tragedy seem to follow him.</p><P>In Part II Melanie Tom's daughter is caught up in the world of a small coal-mining town. She finds herself at odds with members of the community church who are jealous of both her beauty and intellect. Branded as a whore Melanie fights back.</p><P>Amid her problems with the citizens of Coaldale Utah Melanie meets Richard Garcia a young mine safety engineer. Richard becomes involved with Melanie's struggle against the community church and finds himself embarrassed by her behavior. </p><P>Turmoil deep in the earth's surface along the Wasatch Fault lying silent for ten thousand years is about to explode!</p>