Song of the Wolf

by Scott C.S. Stone

From the mixed blood of his white father and his Cherokee ancestors, John Dane is a born warrior who finds his niche when he joins the Unites States Marines and goes to fight in Korea. Here, he learns to unleash his violent instincts fighting Koreas Chinese Communists. Sharpening his deadly combat skills, Dane soon becomes a professional soldier-for-hire, stalking enemy after enemy in the jungles of Laos and Vietnam. As Colonel Dane, black belt, mercenary soldier-adventurer, he falls in love with a beautiful war correspondent, whom he rescues from the Vietcong in a deadly mission.

388 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Born in rural East Tennessee of Norwegian, Highland Scots, and Cherokee-Shawnee ancestry, Stone attended Tennessee public schools and graduated in 1957 from East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in English. Knighted in 1994, in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a Papal Order in direct descent from Crusader knights, he also bears the hereditary titles of Lord of Cullen and Lord of Drumtariff, both ancient Gaelic feudal fiefdoms of Baronial rank.

Stone has maintained a residence in Hawai'i since 1958. He lives in Volcano with his wife, Walelu Stone.

Stone is the author of 27 books. His first, The Coasts of War (1966, Pyramid) was the first Vietnam war novel. In 1969, The Dragon's Eye (Fawcett and five foreign publishers), a novel of Indochina, won the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award as the best original softcover suspense novel published in America. In addition to novels, many of his books are non-fiction, covering a wide range of topics, including Hawai'i's military history, a history of Honolulu, biographies of prominent islanders, and due for publication in 2002, a book with the biographies of 50 outstanding Japanese-American women of the 20th century in Hawai'i.

The island of Hawai'i, where Stone has lived for many years, is the subject of several of his books, including The Tsunami of 1946 and 1960 and the Devastation of Hilo Town (2000, Island Heritage), written with Dr. Walt Dudley, UH Hilo professor of marine geology and oceanography. Stone has also written on Hawai'i's volcanoes and other travel topics, as well as an economic overview entitled The Island of Hawai'i/from Sail to Space (1997, Donning Company Publishers).

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aside from being a great story, it's very relevant into how things work in south east asia. One of those books that's worth reading again all the way through. Romance and adventure very nicely mixed with history.

I was living in Thailand (high school years), and later served in Vietnam during the central years this story covers, so it was easy for me to tell the author knows what he is talking about.

However, i think the native american aspect, while excellent from a spiritual point of view, might have used a bit more verisimilitude, such as the kinds of detail found in Louis L'Amour's Last of the Breed. http://www.louislamour.com/novels/las...

[Viceroy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A compelling novel with lots of violence from the war in Korea. It then moves on to Vietnam where the main character becomes a soldier for hire. Still there was a decent portrayal of the man and his upbringing being of mixed parentage. Overall an enjoyable piece of war fiction.

[Peter Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first and so far, the only book I've read about the Korean war - apart from school history books which never tell you the real cost pf the war in human lives. I wont say I enjoyed the book as some parts were hard to understand and maybe the jargon. Still it tells a haunting account of that time in history.