Books by Jaak Tallinn

You Won?t Miss Me ?til I?m Gone is the sequel to Victory Liner 504 written by Jaak Tallinn. This additional work of fiction finds Jack Redhouse alone aboard his motor yacht (YP-504) in the Yucatan Peninsula, prior to meeting up with his old Navy pals Sanjo Casagrande, Frank Valero, ?Crazy Joe? Melnik, and their girlfriends before setting out on a new Caribbean adventure that takes them from Cancun to the Cayman?s, over to Cuba, and beyond. Their quest for truth, happiness, and a better tomorrow compels the crew to explore themselves, the Caribbean, the world around them, and distant realms beyond their normal comfort zones.

Sanjo, Jack, and Frank are three ex Navy buddies that reunite to skylark, compare notes, and re-evaluate their lives in Topeka-Kansas a couple of decades after being discharged from active duty aboard a ?WESPAC? ammunition ship during the Vietnam war. Their mutual fondness for ?Cassandra?, a working girl from the ?California Club? in Olongapo, Philippines, finds all three of the sailors searching for the ?good old days?, as they attempt to reorganize their complicated lives and prospect for new adventures. Their plans become more complex as they include Pernicious and Enchant? in their exploits.Jaak Tallinn, the ?nom de plume? author of the book interjects his own personal experiences as a Machinist Mate Petty Officer serving aboard the USS Flint (AE-32) from the same period, as he follows the exploits of the 3 sailors in this work of fiction.