Into the Treeline

John F. Mullins

Oct 2004 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Special Forces veteran John F. Mullins continues his series of men at war with a story of explosive action and unrelenting drama -- from the home front to the front lines....
When Lieutenant James "No-Middle-Initial" Carmichael is wounded in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, he is medevacked to the U.S. and nursed back to health by a young medic with whom he falls in love. After two tours, he knows he could ask to be stationed Stateside -- but he has unfinished business in Nam. Back in-country, Carmichael joins the covert Phoenix Program, where his mission is to take out the Viet Cong high command. He proves himself so lethal that the enemy places a price on his head.
The Cong are not his only foes. His South Vietnamese "allies" betray him at every turn, even as he begins to doubt his own motives and honor. But when an ultimate act of treachery from within leaves him abandoned and surrounded, Jim Carmichael has only one choice....
Fight or die.

Ratings and reviews

Wow this a very descriptive book about the Special Forces fighting in Vietnam Nam thru the eyes of Jim. We also get a good look at the SOG " Sudies and Observation Group" - Mostly SF Troops tasked with assinations of largely VC leaders Etc. This is the real deal written by Author Millins who spent 3 tours with SF there. The realism of fighting thru an ambush or seeing the guys next to you take round to their head or step on a mine will take you veterans back to days that are still hard to forget !!!

Good fiction with a story line that fit. As a vet I felt like zi was back with his discriptions...The story stopped to quick. Need the suspence to go longer. I did enjoy the book.

Well thought out story, excellent sense of intrigue. Thank you.

About the author

John F. Mullins joined the U.S. Army in 1960 and served three tours in Vietnam with the Special Forces, initially as a medic and then as an "A" Team XO and CO, and as a SOG Operative after being commissioned in 1964. After retiring in 1981, he has worked as a "for-hire soldier," conducting security and antiterrorism operations in such hot spots as Bogota, Colombia, Beirut, and Belfast. He lives in Oklahoma.