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‘Much more than a blood-and-guts thriller…An insightful, moving, and sensitive take a look at what the battle did to a country, its people, and its opponents.’ – Orlando Sentinel

Former army homicide investigator Paul Brenner has just gotten utilized to the first retirement forced on him following the disastrous end of his last case when his outdated commanding officer asks him to come back for one last mission: investigate a murder that occurred in wartime Vietnam 30 years before. Brenner reluctantly allows out of curiosity and loyalty…and perhaps some boredom. He won’t be bored for lengthy.

Back Vietnam, Brenner meets expatriate Susan Weber, a female as exotic, sensual, and dangerous as the nation of her voluntary exile. Brenner is definitely plunged into a world of problem, lethal double mix, and haunted memories-as he’s all of a sudden thrust back to a battle that neither he nor his country ever really ceased fighting.