One of the most defining moments in a young woman's life
is the day she finally leaves home and enters college. As
she embarks on her journey to become independent and self-
sufficient with her morals and life lessons neatly tucked
away ready to be revealed when called upon, her future is
determined by the choices she must now make and the people
with whom she chooses to take along for the ride.
Brook Searcy is as strong-willed and self-reliant
as they come. Abandoned by her mother at age three and
raised by her father and two brothers, Brook has managed
to rise to the top and follow her dreams by enrolling at
the Air Force Academy despite her father's skepticism that
this is the right path for her to take.
Through the pain and trials that she must endure
to become one of the few cadets who remain standing
submerges a cheating scandal which puts Brook into the
limelight. As if the cards are stacked and the tables
have now turned, Brook is then forced to deal with an
unspeakable crime that surrounds the fall of one of her
own. Facing demons from the past, Brook comes to terms
with the realization that honor and duty are above all
essential if democracy is to prevail. Will she be able to
survive and more importantly, will the person staring back
at her in the mirror be the woman she ultimately strives
to become?
THE LAST BLUE MILE is Ponders second novel and
like her first, it takes the reader on a journey like no
other. From the inside peek into the Air Force Academy to
the drama that unfolds with her strong characters, Ponders
masterfully depicts a tale that captivates the reader from
the very first page. Informative, engrossing, and
powerful.... Once again, Ponders soars.
Brook Searcy thought she could handle it all. A freshman
at the Air Force Academy, she's trying to survive Hell Week
and stake her identity inside a place reluctant to shed its
evangelical, male-dominated traditions. When a cheating
scandal erupts, General John Waller must catch the culprit,
and Brook finds herself closer to the heat than she
realized. Both Searcy and Waller fight through the sometimes
hilarious, sometimes sadistic tyrannies of academy life. But
when a tragic accident divides the academy, they must decide
whether the not-so-perfect world of the military is worth
the sacrifice it demands.
Not since Pat Conroy's
The Lords of Discipline has an author written so
cogently about the world of military training. The Last
Blue Mile is a telling narrative about the clash between
identity and honor.
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