There Will Be Killing: A Novel of War and Murder

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This wasnt supposed to be Israel Moskowitzs war. What country in its right mind would draft a child psychiatrist fresh out of his residency from Columbia University Med School and send him to Vietnam in 1969? But Izzy was here for the duration: three-sixty-four and a wake-up. A year that would change everything. Assigned to the 99KO the psychiatric unit of the 8th Field Hospital in sultry Nha Trang Izzy attempts to use his skills in ways he never could have imagined; not to heal but to get boys back onto the field of battle. A circle of compatriots soon grows around him Gregg the surfer dude turned psychologist; Rick the tough-as-nails Special Ops commando; J.D. a man of many guises and even more secrets; Margie the gorgeous relentless head psychiatric nurse; Kate the stunning thrill-seeker with a taste for the illicit; Nikki the endearing incongruously sweet Red Cross dolly. As their relationships weave and intertwine the face of Vietnam evolves for Izzy. But nothing will turn his world upside down and redefine the nature of war to him like the mission on which he finds himself an unwilling participant. Someone is massacring soldiers in unthinkable ways with the goal of demoralizing via terror and Izzy needs to be part of the team tracking down the killer. Before hed come to Vietnam Izzy had never heard the term "ghost soldier." Now one might dictate what remains of his life. Written with the verisimilitude only possible from someone who has been there THERE WILL BE KILLING is an unforgettable work of fiction brimming with horror and humanity.