Ninety Days
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During 90 Days LTC Steven B. Marion—leading his infantry battalion in combat in Viet Nam—is captured in a large scale ambush. He is forced on foot cross-country to Cambodia where he forced to live in bunkers. Marion is troubled by wearing a uniform that is not his but slowly and with careful handling, he is psychologically “trained” as an anti-war critic through the use of hypnosis by a doctor from the Central Office South Vietnam (COSVN). Marion has no idea this is happening to him.
Back “in the world” Marion’s wife—thinking him dead—marries one of his closest buddies, while Marion’s son further complicates matters.
The enemy doctor’s plan takes a sudden turn when Marion befriends the enemy officer who captured him, North Vietnamese Major Tanh. Tanh has his own secret designs on being a traitor. He wants to use Marion by returning him to friendly forces as his own ticket to freedom. Read how these problems are solved.
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Deep within a Vietnamese jungle, an inexperienced American unit has just been ambushed. As their infantry battalion commander is led through the darkness by a rope tied around his neck, branches tear at his body as he stumbles with exhaustion. Lieutenant Colonel Steven Marion is a great prize for the North Vietnamese, and now he is officially a prisoner of war.
As the American military attempts to determine whether he is alive or dead, Marion is marched off to a prison camp in Cambodia where he is hypnotized by the enemy, who hope to return him back to the United States to spout anti-American propaganda. But little do they know that the man who guards Marion is carefully developing a plan to defect to South Vietnam—with the help of his American prisoner. Meanwhile back home in America, Marion’s wife, Elaine, is notified that her husband is dead. As she quietly moves on with her life and marries again, Elaine has no idea that Marion is still alive.
Ninety Days is the compelling story of an American battalion commander who must battle to survive in war-torn Vietnam as the life he knew back home slowly crumbles.
About the Author
Sonny Gratzer earned a BA in history and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana. He volunteered to serve in Vietnam, where he received several medals including the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Silver Star, Purple Heart, and Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. He currently lives in Montana. This is his fourth published book and his first novel.