Songs For the Deaf is the untold story of the link between one of the unsolved MIA mysteries and the inexplicable bubonic plague epidemics that ravaged North Vietnam throughout the war, of the individuals who sought to establish that link, and of the forces that sought to prevent them from doing so. But the heart and soul of this galvanizing story resides in the protagonist, Miles Curtin. From his first big splash as an articles editor on the Columbia Law Review, where he transformed articles into a platform for political dissent, to his years as a top recruit at a large Canadian conglomerate, Miles put on a lot of extra mileage doing the things that mattered most to him. As he continued to fight the “good fight,” the world around him seemed to fit him like a glove—till it all came apart at the seams. Miles returned to the States in the ’80s. Only now he was a different person. But could that person live with what providence left on his doorstep? Redemption is the overriding theme that anchors this story. I took the liberty of including an informative excerpt from Songs For the Deaf's first review in Midwest Book Review: In a bold move that expands the traditional devices of a thriller into arenas of speculative works as well as nonfiction events, Kenneth A. Silver creates a historical and fictional inspection that moves from MIA service members in Vietnam to the under-discussed plague epidemics that ravaged North Vietnam throughout the war. The event received little attention because the efforts of those to bring them into the public eye were thwarted and their voices repressed—until now. Libraries and readers seeking surprises, revelations, real-world history and issues, and speculative intrigue will find Songs For the Deaf a welcome power that defies pat categorization in favor of a special form of drama that doesn't pull any punches in its revelations.