While growing up together, four friends pledge to look out for each other, and so when one decides to enlist during the Vietnam War, the others do, too, in different services. This compelling novel, the first in a series, follows Morris, who joins the navy. Morris is stationed on a cruiser that patrols the waters off the coast of Vietnam, shelling inland positions when called upon. Lynch puts his readers in the center of intense conflict, conveying what it feels like to face a largely unseen enemy firing from the jungle. He also manages to evoke other, unforgettable Vietnam conditions heat and humidity, intense tropical storms, and ever-present fear. Readers will likely seek out future volumes in the series, each of which will focus on another of the four friends and his war experience
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