For Good Reason

Twenty years after he survived Vietnam Daniel Mulvaneys memoir about it is a best seller. But success brings unforeseen attention. An invitation from a mysterious Vietnamese to return to the land that nearly took his life takes Danny back to when an idealistic kid was unjustly expelled from college and drafted into the US Army. The old nightmares resume. He cant work. His marriage is in trouble.As a young man in Brooklyn in 1968 Danny was unsure if his moms credo--everything happens for good reason--was wisdom or corny idiom but he was determined to be a man worthy of Amanda the girl he loved. Gino Sebastionelli his closest friend wanted to bolt for Canada together but Danny wouldnt be swayed. His idealism blinded him to the horrors ahead. Hed be wounded decorated betrayed face court martial and then be saved by Tom Tyler an officer from Dannys college town where all his troubles began. When Dannys platoon was nearly wiped out Tyler was captured and Danny would have to lead a green platoon against orders into the U-Minh--The Forest of Darkness--in order to have any chance of saving his lieutenant...