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In the based-on-truth novel Shooting an Albatross, author Steven Lundin carries us into wartime Los Angeles, 1943, and the highly improbable, yet true , story of the only year in the history of professional golf that an entire season was cancelled. The 170th Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army took over a golf course in L.A. that same year, setting the stage for a story that rivals anything found in fiction. Its Army General versus Navy Admiral on the links. Private Evan Wilkins of McCall, Idaho is chosen to partner with the general, laying the groundwork for a story of film moguls and raging passion, distrust and competition, and a commanding officer besieged by jealousy. The story builds to a climax of friendly-fire murder. This page-turner of a story is for anyone who covets an exciting read, whether it be suspense, romance, military, or a great found of golf.
March 21, 2009: Reader Views (reviews by readers for writers)
"The book begins and ends relating a series of visits by a distinguished guest in the home of 94-year old Floyd Akerly. Floyd narrates the story of the golf game, Evan Wilkins, the European battlefield and of his part in the story. The final scenes lead to a climactic, unexpected, dramatic conclusion.
Golf enthusiasts will know that to shoot an albatross is rare, a double eagle. It may mean shooting a seabird, or shooting an individual that holds back a man’s achievement. Steve[n] R. Lundin has masterfully crafted “Shooting an Albatross” around this theme.
This is a book for anyone enjoying the genre of intrigue, suspense, or romance. Lundin includes the use of comedy and the game of golf to draw the reader into a look into the past, a heartwarming story, and a madman’s psyche. “Shooting an Albatross” by Steven R. Lundin is a great read."
March 19, 2009: The New Podler Review of Books:
"Lundin's plot in Albatross is of literary quality, and Albatross is a study in the nature of evil, deliberating on its origin and tracking its progress through human lives as it leaves a trail of destruction and suffering, moving from one generation to another, from one life into another, like a terrible infestation poisoning all that it touches.“
January 17, 2007: Critic Cynthia Sherman
“…this novel should be made into a movie… [Shooting an Albatross] will have a mass appeal…the imagery is fantastic…this will be a HUGE, HUGE success.”
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