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Perfume River Nights
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    Michael P. Maurer
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Perfume River Nights
Story summary from back cover:
Eighteen-year-old Jimmy Miller, called Singer by his platoon mates, wants to prove his bravery in the trials of war but he never considered how hard it would be to kill a man or what might happen once he did. He doesn’t think about death and dying. He only imagines the glory. But when a vicious North Vietnamese Army ambush engulfs Singer and his friends, everything changes. In the heat of battle Singer confronts the terrible truth of war and discovers a frightening darkness within himself. His struggle to survive takes on a deeper meaning that tests his courage in ways he never expected.

Short summaries:
When a teenage boy sets out to prove his bravery in the trials of war he becomes trapped in an ordeal of survival and ignites a struggle with darkness from which he might never escape.

A powerful and tension-filled story about the heartbreak of war, the lure of vengeance, and the self-destructiveness of violence.

More than a war story, Perfume River Nights is a tale of tragic events and the heroic quest to know ourselves and find our ways.

Author bio
Michael P. Maurer is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the army paratroopers and served in Vietnam in 1968-69 as an infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division. A University of Minnesota graduate, he moved to Vietnam in 2003 and lived in Asia until 2012 while writing Perfume River Nights. He has authored two collections of poetry: A Journey Through A Warrior’s Soul and Thoughts From Afar. He currently lives in Minnesota.

Dedication
All royalties from Perfume River Nights benefit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund that built and maintains the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., know as The Wall, that holds the names of the nearly 60,000 American service personnel killed in Vietnam.