Return to AP Alley

Vietnam War veteran Rick Travis is back in AP Alley haunted by his agonizing memories. Encouraged by his daughter Naomi Rick begins to reflect into his painful past. It is 1970 as Rick drowns his sorrows while mourning the loss of his wife Masako. After he hears Masako's encouraging voice in a dream and decides to turn his life around Rick returns to the States eventually reenlists and is led back to Japan. When his tour ends he is sent to the war zone in Ubon Thailand where he reunites with his old squadron and flies dangerous missions into Laos even after the peace treaty is signed. But when Rick is involved in a mystery in Laos after the war is supposedly over he has no idea it will be years before he must decide whether to talk about it or take the truth to his grave. In this novel based on true events a Vietnam veteran travels back in time and reflects on a decades-old mystery with the hope of finding peace.