Folly Island Keeping Watch, Book 2, (Paperback)

from MrsLee

Allen Charmichael is an average American young man. That is, until he is put through the horrors of the Vietnam war. The things which he saw and did there twisted him and nearly broke him. Now he needs to find a way back home. Not physically, but spiritually and mentally. The atrocities come befo...

from TadAD

Laurie R. King has given us another excellent psychological thriller in this story of a disturbed veteran of the Viet Nam War, Allen Carmichael, who rescues children from abusive parents. Ms. King's exploration of what shaped and drives Carmichael was entirely convincing. While you cannot expect ...

from NanetteLS

I really enjoyed this one - lots of suspense, damaged characters and interesting twists.

from CatieN

Allen Carmichael's story begins in Vietnam during the war. He is 19 when he gets set down in the jungle, "fresh meat." What he sees and experiences leaves him a damaged man who manages not to commit suicide by alcohol once he returnes to the States but not for lack of trying. To atone for what he...

from nocto

I bought this blindly because I love King's books and then discovered that the UK publishers weren't printing it here because the story has a lot to do with Vietnam and they thought that a UK audience wouldn't be interested. This kind of put me off reading it myself. I'm very glad I have eventual...