Perlacher Forest

Mike Conrad is the son of an Army, Airborne Non-Commissioned Officer who obtains his long sought after transfer to Germany, where Mike eventually comes of age. The story begins with Mike, at the age of eight and a half years, adjusting to his new living environment as well as attending public school for the first time in his life. His thoughts and observations of the differences between military and civilian life are expressed and, as Mike ages into a teenager, his involvement with his mother’s maid evolves into the most dangerous and exciting adventure of his life.