In The Works

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The Bloodiest Dawn: A Short Novel of the Tet Offensive

The Bloodiest Dawn is grim, visceral, and unrelentingly bleak, reflecting the Vietnam War’s brutality and its lasting trauma. The third-person omniscient narrative voice delivers raw, cinematic prose, shifting between characters (Jimmy, Bao, Eddie, Mai) to weave a tapestry of despair and betrayal. Vivid, grotesque imagery—blood-soaked rivers, bloated corpses, napalm-seared flesh—immerses readers in the sensory horrors of the Tet Offensive. Long, complex sentences create chaotic momentum, punctuated by short, sharp dialogue that reveals character through cynicism and desperation. The pacing is intense in combat scenes, slowing for reflective post-war critique, reinforcing themes of war’s futility and systemic neglect (e.g., the VA’s “labyrinth of incompetence”). While the graphic tone and dense prose may challenge some readers, the style powerfully conveys the novel’s anti-war message and psychological depth, echoing works like The Things They Carried and All Quiet on the Western Front.

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The Swamps Secret

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Murmurs of the Damned

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Coming Soon…