Like Another Lifetime In Another World
Author | : Mike Shepherd |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2014-03-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781491729410 |
ISBN-13 | : 1491729414 |
Rating | : 4/5 (414 Downloads) |
Download or read book Like Another Lifetime In Another World written by Mike Shepherd and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Mick Scott, some of which is based on the author's Vietnam wartime experiences as an Air Force correspondent for Armed Forces Radio. In the fictionalized version of events, on his way to Vietnam, Scott is ordered to report to US Intelligence in San Francisco where he is recruited for a special assignment. It entails finding a Saigon street kid who is the long-lost son of a top North Vietnamese Communist official; perhaps Ho Chi Minh himself. Once found, intelligence hopes to use the kid as a pawn in peace negotiations. Meanwhile, Scott travels throughout Vietnam as a reporter, which provides a vehicle to impart what is happening in arguably the most pivotal year of the war; 1967-68, with the Tet Offensive as the catalytic episode. As the story progresses, he crosses paths with a double agent, and the infamous Panther Lady, who is riding around Saigon on a motorbike gunning down GIs. Along with them, the kid intelligence wants him to find, and his drinking buddy Bobby, Scott becomes entangled in a sticky web of intrigue and deceit.