Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military
history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to
include well written novels using wartime settings. - WWII History
MagazineYoung American pilots feel the weight of destiny as they are
tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
1970--the height of the Vietnam War. A group of young Forward Air
Controllers based in Thailand is assigned with supporting the Truck War
and the People's War in southern Laos, where the fate of the Vietnam
War, and Laos' very future, is being decided.
Tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail--the North Vietnamese
supply lines running into South Vietnam--literally stopping the constant
stream of trucks in their tracks, these American airmen, call sign
"Nail," fly missions 24 hours a day.
Daily, they run the gauntlet of intense anti-aircraft fire to bring in
accurate attacks by American fighter bombers. At night, streams of red
tracers scream up from the ground, seeking the metallic flesh of their
fragile craft. During the day, they search the skies for the telltale
black puffs of smoke that reveal the self-destructive warheads of the
North Vietnamese gunners. Even when tragedy befalls the group, they
persevere with their mission. But will courage and dedication be enough?
