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“ . . . With humor and precision, Scott draws us into an engaging and entertaining epic across the nuclear age . . . ”
Frida Berrigan, Arms and Security Initiative, New America Foundation

“Fascinating. Anyone trying to understand the real impact of the Cold War on California and the nation’s psyche should read this novel.”
Lawrence Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration

“ . . . quirky and given to sharp dialogue and impassioned thinking, Scott vividly delineates a host of characters who make wonderful company as they find themselves immersed in nuclear and environmental issues of the millenium. Read this timely novel!”
Barbara Marinacci, author and editor

"California’s Gold Rush began in the late 1840s. Through the 1950s, the lesser known defense industry rush went into full force. The Winged and Garlanded Nike links the two rushes in their financial impacts from the money flowing out and into California. Scott takes a hard critical look at the defense era in its heydays of 1955 and its aftermath thirty years later in 1986, with thought-provoking narratives. Deftly written, the novel is highly recommended for community library collections dedicated to literary fiction.”
Midwest Book Review

"The small fictitious California town of Fernville in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was the beneficiary of the Defense Department's spending sprees over the thirty years that span this novel. We see the emergence of the nuclear deterrent in the mid-1950s and its evolution into the Mutually Assured Destruction theory. The beauty of this novel is the interweaving of the characters as we observe them first in 1955 and then in 1986. It’s an insightful tale of how the two Superpowers engaged in the build-up of nuclear weapons and kept us at the brink of annihilation for more than 3 decades. A great summer read."
Rainbo electronic reviews, Minneapolis

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