Search - Bringing Back the Dead

This book starts out with a short backstory on each of the main characters and tells how they got into the military. It then moves to Vietnam where they are all part of a Special Forces team. It tells a little about their time in Vietnam and one particular operation they were sent out on. The main part of the book takes place in Southern Florida after all the guys are retired. They are called back together to search for one of their missing comrades.

This book read very quickly and the suspense kept building. Joe includes enough detail about the weapons used by each man to give even a non-military person a good idea of the weaponry, but not so much that the descriptions bog down the plot. Each chapter starts with a snippet from the Special Forces Combat Manual.

Even though it is described as a military thriller (I don't usually read many of those), the military aspects of it are not the main thrust of the story. Yes, they are important - they explain the bond between the men and how they received their training - but actually this is a thriller with the military point of view.

Joe is a member here at PBS - he does have a second book in the works - I can hardly wait!!!!