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A good, suspenseful DeMille. Combines a man's past in Vietnam with his prospects for the future.

Set during the war in Viet Nam, the story of a rag-tag group attacking a hospital is especially in tune with today's reports from Iraq. I have read a number of books by DeMille, and this is the best.

Ben Tyson, a successful businessman gets called back into the Army to stand before a court-martial for something that happened in Viet Nam 18 years prior.
I could hardly put this down. I have now read all of DeMille's novels, he is a terrific writer.

A great novel as expected from DeMille.

then this book is definitely for you. Don't expect humor but expect a ton of detail about experiences in Vietnam.

Overall, if you're into this type of genre, this is a great read. Yes, it's moving and suspenseful. I didn't like the pages and pages of detail that seem to be so popular amongst writers today believing that what they say in 10 pages could be written better using only 3 or 4. I also didn't care for different witnesses giving basically the same account but only slight details here and there that took up too many pages to get to the point of bringing in more witnesses.

I gave it 3 1/2 stars.