"Sunset Point" - Author Extends Grandfather's Legend through Novel

Sunset Point is an addition to the legends of World War II veterans who were missing in action and examines how their efforts still profoundly affect America today.

Douglasville, GA September 18, 2004 -- As time marches on, more and more men and women who participated in World War II vanish from this life and leave behind stories that reveal moments of horror and great fear, but also extreme bravery and heroism. In Sunset Point (now available through AuthorHouse), the new novel by Charles Latham Doxey, a veteran's death brings closure to the surviving families of his crew.

Doxey's book is a fictional explanation extending his grandfather's legend, a man he never got the chance to meet. Captain William Sanford Doxey was an early aviation pioneer who logged more than 10,000 hours flying mail from Miami to South America and mapped countless routes to the continent. During World War II he flew bombing missions over Japan. The mystery begins on his last mission when the plane, damaged and smoking, descended toward the sea. To this day, no one knows what happened to the captain, his crew or the plane.

Sunset Point offers an intriguing story about the events that occurred after the plane went down. Doxey uses his grandfather's experience flying amphibious planes to put forth his fictional theory. After being shot down, the captain manages an emergency crash in the sea. Members of the crew are killed, and the surviving men undergo days in the ocean afloat in a gnarled aircraft with no food or water. What follows is testament to strength and the human soul.

After 50 years, the widows of the captain's crew begin receiving mysterious letters explaining the heroism of their spouses along with checks for $3 million each. The captain's grandson, who was raised by him in Sea Island, Ga., is the only other person who knows what came of the captain and crew after the plane fell from the sky. The man's dying wish is for his grandson to bring the families of his compatriots together and tell the story. At the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, his grandson relates the harrowing tale to a room of people who have waited decades to know the truth.

Sunset Point is an addition to the legends of World War II veterans who were missing in action and examines how their efforts still profoundly affect America today.

Born in Carrollton, Ga., Doxey grew up with the legend of his grandfather. He has a bachelor's degree in mass communications and minor in psychology from the State University of West Georgia. His father, William Doxey, author of such novels as Cousins to the Kudzu (Louisiana State University Press), taught him the importance of writing. Doxey still lives in Georgia with his wife and daughter. Sunset Point is his first novel. Visit www.LathamDoxey.com for more information.

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