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A lifetime spent fighting other people’s wars had earned John Winter a comfortable early retirement. But when the CIA seizes his money, they quickly realise that their former employee is not a man you want to try to push around. When the former combat pilot and SAS man turned gun-for-hire gives Langley a deadline for its return, the agency think it holds all the cards. An F-4 Phantom jet fighter, an audacious plan to fly halfway round the world, and a threat to dramatically alter the balance of power in the Middle East says they don’t.

1980, Vietnam, and the war is over. The shooting has stopped, and the so-called ‘liberated’ nation is at peace. They say. Ben Smith recalls his flight home in 1973, watching Tan Son Nhut disappear beneath the clouds. A veteran of an SF Rapid Reaction Force, he’s seen his share of fighting and come close to getting killed. Now it's over. Never again. So he thinks.

Vietnam: Danielle è una piccola orfana, una delle tante vite stravolte dalla guerra. A pochi giorni dalla fine del conflitto, viene adottata da un funzionario inglese, in Asia per indagare su un traffico d'armi. L'uomo sa che l'unica speranza per offrire a Danielle un futuro sereno è portarla all’estero, e ci riesce grazie a una precipitosa fuga nelle convulse ore prima della caduta di Saigon. Australia: Danielle, ormai grande, è diventata una donna seducente e un'abile consulente aziendale, e il suo passato sembra solo un ricordo sfuocato.

Three orphans of mixed race struggle to survive on the streets of Saigon amidst the calamity of war, the total rejection of their culture, and adversaries that hunt them daily. Will they live to see the sunrise of another day? That is the question that haunts them during their constant struggle.

Saigon, 1970. Meet Cord McGavin, lone wolf investigator assigned to a special operations unit of the US Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. McGavin’s beat: The mean streets of this sprawling, violent metropolis ravaged by war. From its wealthy bastions of power, paid for by corruption and profiteering, to the alleys and waterfront shadows where human souls are bartered, deception is the name of the game. The threat of death is never more than a heartbeat away.