A stunning novel by a Marine Corps veteran of the ill-fated marine expedition in Beirut in the tradition of 'Fields Of Fire'.
Combat zone: Beirut 1982. The civil war in Lebanon had torn apart the country and transformed its once-beautiful capital city of Beirut into a battle zone ruled by murderous, well-armed rival factions.
To end the war and maintain the peace, the President of the United States ordered the Marines to Lebanon. For Marine Sergeant David Griffin, Beirut was the chance to prove himself capable to the generation of Marines who had been bloodied in the Vietnam War.
For Corporal Steven Downs, Beirut was a struggles to separate the civilian from the soldier, his distrust of the politicians' decision from he military mission. For all of the Marines serving in Lebanon, it was another war in a foreign country where the enemy could be anywhere or anyone.
