Brief description of the book: It is November, 1993. The chaos and lawlessness of Somalia has reached its apex in the wake of the “Blackhawk Down” debacle of a month earlier and the American government struggles with its foreign policy options. In neighboring Kenya a young couple honeymooning on safari are wickedly attacked by ruthless elephant poachers—he is murdered, she is kidnapped. Their fathers, who served together as Army Rangers in Vietnam, agonize over the loss (they and the incompetent Kenyan police believe both are dead) and choke on the certain truth that justice will never be served. That is, until they decide to do what any outraged former Special Forces soldiers would do... hunt the bastards down themselves.

Author Bio: Karl Lenker, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (retired) A-10 Warthog fighter pilot and combat veteran (Bosnia), has logged over 29,000 hours in the air. Action is his middle name. Others write about on-the-edge adventures… Karl Lenker lives them.

Final Trumpet is his debut novel. It was born when he was asked to go to West Africa to instruct the park rangers in the art of hunting poachers from the air in ultra-light aircraft. The gruesome images he was shown during that recruiting session were disturbing and left Karl with a lasting impression and a strong desire to do something about it. Final Trumpet is part of that “something.” As a result, a portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to organizations committed to protecting elephants around the world.