Description
When a reporter for the Washington Post sees a group of wounded, half-starved, black troops disembark from a helicopter in Cu Chi during the height of the Vietnam War, he senses a story, but receives no cooperation from the army or the soldiers.
The men, mostly noncombat soldiers, are the remnant of a squad sent on an illegal mission to Cambodia as punishment for their participation in a race riot at Cu Chi base camp. Led by a battle-fatigued sergeant, they fall under enemy fire. Their leader inexplicably disappears, leaving the ill-prepared soldiers to fight the jungle and enemy on their own.
Although forced to confront the shock of combat and a deteriorating family life, the reporter pursues the story hoping to uncover the truth about what happened to those soldiers in the jungle.
An intriguing glimpse into the Vietnam War, A Long Way Back is a tense journey, merging the lives of the soldiers and the reporter as they struggle to overcome their fear and face the battles they must fight to survive.
About the Author
I am a Vietnam veteran and a former Army officer. My debut novel Snake Walkers placed first for fiction in four different literary contests and won the Bronze award for General Fiction in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year contest. Snake Walkers was also honored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. My second novel, A Long Way Back, was published in October 2015. It was awarded the Literary Classic's Seal of Approval. It won the Independent Publisher's of New England first place award, was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal Award and received awards from the INDIEFAB Book of the Year and Literary Classics.The second edition of my third novel, Something About Ann, was published January 2024.
Reviews
"This is an awesome story. As a retired Army officer and veteran of two tours in Vietnam and having personally been under enemy fire, I can attest to how well you captured that experience within the events of the story."-Norman Mays, Major, USA, (ret) "I found your novel A Long Way Back to be a compelling recounting of the war from the perspective of black soldiers"-Anita Bunkley, author "A Long Way Back is a riveting story set in Vietnam in the 1960s. It captures the ugliness of war and racism, but is much more a page-turning story of brotherhood, determination, and survival."-Barbara Hacha, author of Line by Line and Sidetracks "...this is an intelligently crafted tale, brimming with both suspense and social commentary."-Kirkus Reviews "(A) fine novel. This novel takes an important place on the small shelf of African-American Vietnam War novels. ...the book is well worth reading." -David Willson-Vietnam Veterans of America
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