Captain Morgan Conrad had fought in three wars now, but there was never anything like this one in the rotting ruins of Vietnamese towns and jungles. Still, a professional soldier must wage war; what else is the reason for his existence? But in a deeper part of Captain Morgan Conrad, killing was becoming more and more difficult. Written in the Hemingway tradition of men at war, this is a searingly graphic story of combat, life and death in perhaps the strangest war of all time.