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Valley of the Shadow
"One of the finest military novels in many years."
- Kirkus
In The Fire Dream, Franklin Allen Leib's epic story from the Vietnam War, Lt.
William Stuart, a compassionate platoon leader from the 7th ANGLICO (Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) survived his unit's last battle but continued to mourn his losses.
Franklin allen leib biography of williams
Douglas Moser, master of the .50 caliber machine gun, was one of those missing in action. Moser, a "gentle giant" of a man, had been Stuart's closest companion.
In Valley of the Shadows, Stuart learns that the Red Cross has delivered a letter to Moser's mother informing her that he is a prisoner of war in Laos.
"Tell Mr. Stuart," the letter closes. Stuart has his mission.
Moser languishes in the POW camp, tormented daily by Nan, the disfigured, soul-dead camp commandant. Meanwhile, Stuart's mission takes him to the mountains of Moser's boyhood home in Georgia and on to the Foreign Legion archives in France as he searc