It was the ultimate no-win set-up. They needed a soldier who knew the terrain and could cross it in the dark. They needed a man who would not balk at cutting throats. They needed a man who could take any kind of heat. And most of all, they needed a man who, if the mission failed, could take the beating--from the enemy and his own brass.

Lieutenant Sam Gatlin is back in Vietnam because he has something to prove--to himself. This time, Vietnam takes him deeper into the mysterious yin-yang of the society. From the opening events, there are betrayals, spies, hidden secrets and the beginning of questions--of the meaning of war, of loyalty, of death and love--that Sam might finally understand by the surprising end of the novel. War as the Conradian heart of darkness and life in Vietnam as seen through a Greene-like quiet American. Full of rich characters, multi-cultural soldiers and civilians---and with a protagonist bent, against...

Vietnam vet Sam Gatlin, whom we met in CHINA WIND and DODGE CITY BLUES, is back. He is now a ranger in Yellowstone National Park. There, an Arab prince becomes a victim of car burglars. A killing by a rogue grizzly uncovers a photographer's bizarre obsessions. The resulting investigations collide, and with the help of a famous female wildlife biologist, Sam uncovers white slavery and a drug ring. In an exciting climax, Sam brings several elusive suspects to justice, tracking down a wounded rogue grizzly, the largest ever seen in the Yellowstone ecosystem. TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE will make you...

Glossy Black Cockatoos is a vivid, expressionistic novel of international intrigue driven by emotional tension and violent imagery, one with unforgettable, iconic characters.The murder of a German researcher and his wife brings Sam Gatlin back to Southeast Asia, drawing him and his Australian mates into a conflict with a mysterious Laotian power broker whose brutal warlord holds the dead couple's children for ransom.

Dan Guenther is a poet for all seasons who speaks to us through unique imagery and often brilliant contrast about his many years walking the western landscape, the old Ute trails in Colorado, foreign lands, and a war-torn countryside. His deep relationship with the natural world, and all its creatures has a way of healing, making connections, and balancing one 's life in the great scheme of living and dying. In silence and solitude and in secret places, from Vietnam to a winter campsite, he ponders the big questions, and we listen. His meditations on time, space and light, ancient cliff...