Some twelve months before the "Tat offensive," Nick Spree a U.S. marine fell into the hands of the Viet Cong during a night patrol in the South Vietnamese jungle. He was captured in the Hue vicinity, was led by his captors northwards, across the border into North Vietnam; there he was interned as a P.O.W in a reeducation center two and a half miles south of the capital Hanoi. He is the sole captive in that well camouflaged jungle citadel; the previous detainees if there were any, must have perished by executions or have been set free. But instead of solitary confinement, day and night harsh...