A character-driven portrayal of the 1968 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, brought to life through the conflict between an intriguingly cultured, yet conniving KGB colonel and the people of a small village who courageously (and sometimes timidly) try to resist oppression. * Midnight, August 20, 1968: the sirens of Prague are sounding. Without warning, Russian tanks have crossed the frontier and are pouring into the city. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia has begun. Arriving with the troops is Colonel Grigori Dal, a seasoned KGB officer and coldblooded killer. While the country slips into chaos, Dal uses the fighting as cover to apprehend an American Prisoner of War from a military prison in Prague. Within days, only a cursed woman and a troubled war hero will stand between him and protecting the Cold War’s darkest secret: proof U.S. servicemen were secretly transferred to the Soviet Union. R. Cyril West’s unforgettable novel of tragic love, suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart—*The Thin Wall. * Watch book trailer video and learn more at: www.powmiatruth.comReview"The tragedy of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia is well-demonstrated in this book, which is a POW thriller only on its surface. I recommend it."─ Vietnam Veterans of America, David Willson book review"A gripping account which highlights one of the saddest and most disgraceful chapters in American history." ─ Senator Bob Smith [R-NH, 1990-2002] "Exposes bits of truth and reality about the suppressed saga of un-repatriated American Prisoners of War."  ─ Chip Beck, Ex-POW Special InvestigatorAbout the AuthorIndie author and POW/MIA historian R. Cyril West studied Arabic and International Relations at the University of Arizona. One of his earliest memories of the Vietnam War was in 1973, when he sat with other school children at an elementary school near Hickam Air Force Base and watched American Prisoners of War held by the North Vietnamese return home during Operation Homecoming. He hopes this novel will spread awareness about America’s heroes, the 83,000 U.S. servicemen still missing from foreign wars.