By Walker E. Blake

Here is a no-punches-pulled novelabout one of the most vicious battles of the Korean’ conflict – that of Heartbreak Ridge – a hill taken and lost three times – and the men who fought it, with savage courage, shocking cowardice and bloody casualties It is also the private story of Captain Geoff Sessions who was forced to shoot men who refused to go into battle, and gun down a commanding officer who cracked up in action… And who found in the arms of a girl who followed him to Japan, a love that promised a lifetime of ecstasy but was limited to a few heartbreaking days.