Dancing With the Darkness: Volume One

Brothers to the Bone

by Nathan J. Allison

This book is the first book in series Brothers to the Bone. The subject of the book (and the series) is an eight member long range reconnaissance team (LRRP) operating out of the 173rd Airborne Brigade base at An Khe Vietnam on LRRP’s into Cambodia. It tells the story of their brotherhood. The story of their living, sweating, and bleeding for each other and to accomplish their missions and the dangers they faced each time they ventured into ‘Indian Country’. It’s Officer and men are rich and poor. They are well educated and not so much so. They are white, black and Hispanic. All of them are well trained and top notch black operators, skilled at the art of war, deep penetration and stealth. They have the latest in technology to aid them. It is also the story of those who supported them and came to the aid in the darkest of hours. It is the story of their lives together and their brotherhood. Their missions were to gather intelligence, locate enemy troop movements, snatch and grab high level enemy targets, and sometimes to engage the enemy. But for the most part they were to be shadows in enemy territory. They were trained to enter into danger undetected, to operate undetected, and to escape undetected. When that didn’t always pan out, they were trained to escape and evade. Sometimes they had to fight and if need be, run for their lives. Sometimes they had air support, but little else. This is the story about the bond they formed among themselves.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 18, 2012

Reviews

[Jerimy Stoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun and imaginative book to read. It follows a group of men stationed in Vietnam together during the conflict. The struggles were real enough, and there were some parts of the story that was a little far-fetched, but it does rope one in. The overall character development was fantastic. Nathan Allison is great at developing his heroes and throwing problems out there for them to work through. I will likely read more of his "Brothers to the Bone" series. There are some grammatical errors, so if you are a grammar troll don't bother, but if you don't care about that sort of thing then I would recommend giving this book a try.

[Frank Lassen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read . This book also lets you know how close you can get with your fellow men and be able to trust them. It shows a lot of how we should trust our fellow servicemen. And the friend ship that will follow us even after we change duty stations

This book also challenges us to how important or team work should be in a squad or group of men. All working together to make our squadron or team a great unit working to achieve the goals.

[Stanley Foshay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Read

This is a side of the military of the Vietnam era that few people are aware of. As was indicated early on, it was played up by the press by action and not the people involved. This is a more personal view albeit fiction it still showed the brotherhood in the military.

[Norman P. Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

an outstanding read

I literally could not out this book down. It accurately depicts Nam and the war our warriors confronted. The story is realistic and compelling. I highly recommend it

[Kenney · Rating 4 out of 5]

good reading

good action with unpridcted excitment. just good solgers in watching eacg iters backs with brotherhood realations building. enjoy this type

[Chaplain Stanley Chapin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Questionable

It was a story about a clandestine black operation in Cambodia, it read more like a instructional field manual than novel.

[T. Icanberry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story, very authentic, well written.. .

I gave this tale a four star rather than a five solely based on the numerous misspellings which tends to reatedly interrupt the story cadence of an otherwise engrossing read. I enjoyed this story so much despite these irritating editing problems, that I bought the next book to continue the saga. I look forward to another outstanding read...hopefully without the misspellings.

[Donald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nam as it really was!

Well written, personal knowledge combined with well defined characters, a good storyline as well as excellent use of technical background, make this a very good read. Poor editing is the onus on this novel!!!

[Bob Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

The book was very interesting and kept my attention until I had finished it. it's one of those books that you have to keep reading or you will loose your place.

[Larry Lancour · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

The book kept me very interested. The author had very interesting people and the main person Weber was very .good and talented. Sure hope I don't have long for the next sequel. Larry Lancour