Il viaggio letterario di questo autore è iniziato con avvincenti memorie sulla guerra del Vietnam, rimaste in stampa per decenni, offrendo uno sguardo potente sulle esperienze di combattimento. Passando alla narrativa, il suo lavoro esplora ora vari generi, con un focus attuale sulla creazione di romanzi gialli. Queste opere contemporanee sono ambientate nel paesaggio costiero della Florida della formazione dell'autore, attingendo alla sua profonda connessione con la regione.
Haunted by traumatic memories from his time in Vietnam, former U.S. Marine Corporal Nathan Henson struggles to reintegrate into life in his Florida hometown. Seventeen years after the war, he finds himself plagued by nightmares and the lingering effects of his experiences. In a bid for healing, Nathan joins a support group for fellow Vietnam veterans, hoping to confront his past and find solace among those who understand his pain.
Amidst a backdrop of archaeological intrigue and corporate greed, Mac McClellan investigates the suspicious death of an archaeologist's brother, only to find himself entangled in a web of deceit after the brother's sister dies in a car accident. As Mac uncovers evidence suggesting a historical campsite linked to Hernando de Soto, he faces hostility from those invested in a resort project threatening the site. With multiple suspects, including the deceased's estranged wife and influential construction figures, Mac's relentless pursuit of the truth puts him in grave danger.
A riveting memoir of one marine rifleman's journey from Parris Island through the hell of Vietnam and the Tet Offensive with the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines.In 1967, a young E. Michael Helms boarded a bus to the legendary grounds of Parris Island, where mere boys were forged into hardened Marines—and sent to the jungles of Vietnam. It was the first stop on a journey that would forever change him—and by its end, he would be awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry.From the brutality and endurance-straining ordeals of boot camp to the endless horror of combat, Helms paints a vivid, unflinchingly realistic depiction of the lives of Marines in training and under fire. As powerful and compelling a battlefield memoir as any ever written, Helms's “grunt's-eye” view of the Vietnam War, the men who fought it, and the mindless chaos that surrounded it, is truly a modern military classic.
V roce 1967 mladý E. Michael Helms nastoupil do autobusu směrem na legendární ostrov Parris, kde byli obyčejní chlapci ukováni v tvrdé bojovníky a následně posláni na frontu do džunglí Vietnamu. Byla to první zastávka na cestě, která ho navždy poznamenala. Na konci byl odměněn Purpurovým srdcem, Stužkou za účast v boji, Pochvalou prezidenta a Vietnamským křížem za statečnost. Z brutality a fyzicky náročných zkoušek ve výcvikovém táboře přes nekonečnou hrůzu útoků Helms vykresluje pronikavý, nevyhnutelně realistický obraz života mariňáků ve výcviku i v boji. Mocné vzpomínky jsou zaznamenány jako nikdy předtím. Jeho popis bojů ve Vietnamu zrovna tak jako vykreslení jednotlivců, kteří tam bojovali, a bezmyšlenkovitého chaosu, který všemu vládl, je vskutku moderní válečnou klasikou.