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The Fire Dream

by Franklin Allen Leib · 1989

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Young William Stuart joins the Navy and his path quickly takes a dangerous turn. Before he is sent into the field, he must complete a demanding course in North Carolina that teaches recruits how to survive, slip away from capture and move unseen through hostile country.

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The training is only the beginning. It prepares him for a posting in Vietnam, where the war will test everything he has learned and the person he is becoming. This first novel in the Fire Dream series opens with his road from ordinary enlistment to the front lines, setting the stage for the hardships and choices that follow.

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
warwarMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisVietnamVietnamMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 607 pages

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