Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: An Act of War

Author: Michael K. McMahan

Narrator: Kevin Pierce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-13

Publisher: Michael K. McMahan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The incident was not particularly gruesome or harrowing, compared to most. It was a brief, solitary encounter, one that ended with Travis Kelly still alive and his enemy counterpart, an NVA officer, dead on a trail near the Cambodian border. It was the aftermath - as chilling as it was distressing - that stays with Travis, now a retired tool and die operator and part-time farmer in North Carolina.

Just feet away from the slain officer lay a young boy, no more than ten, trembling and hiding in the underbrush. Travis made a decision to leave the boy. It was that or turn him over to the South Vietnamese regulars, notorious for their corruption and cruelty. Forty years later, Travis is shocked to read an internet article about Nguyen Li Minh, a Vietnamese man who claims to be the son of the slain NVA officer as well as the grandson of none other than Ho Chi Minh himself.

Unsure how to proceed, Travis contacts Walt Bradley, his former company commander and now an Under sectary with the Department of Homeland Security. But when Walt is assassinated outside his home, Travis finds himself embroiled in a lethal international incident. Agents from Homeland Security and the FBI whisk Travis, considered a suspect, off to DC, where he is interviewed and asked to cooperate with the investigation. Things quickly go sideways when Nguyen Li Minh brazenly kidnaps Travis's widowed daughter and her four children and takes them back to Vietnam, where they are to be held as ransom.

Members Reviews:

A Must Read for North Carolinians of the Vietnam War Era

An Act Of War was exciting and invigorating. The descriptions were so precise I could feel the water flowing over me as well as the perspiration coming off my body. The story is very well laid out with characters that are most believable.The chapters were well organized by not having the reader read over one, two or more chapters to get from the next cliff hanging event to another. Also, within the chapters, the story line played out very well with different characters playing out roles simultaneously. The conclusion was a bit coincidental but heart warming. I enjoyed it and recommend it highly to any North Carolinian, especially any one who lived in the Vietnam era.I look forward to reading "Saving Hope".

Realistic and Exciting - a plot with some twists

This book is exciting and fast paced. The author makes the reader feel present in the rural setting in North Carolina and the jungles of Vietnam. McMahan's first hand experience comes through in an authentic sounding narrative. The reader can almost feel the humidity of the jungle and smell the small arms propellant hanging in the air after a firefight.

Looking forward to reading the next story . . .

Wonderful Read!

Outstanding book! Very well written; characters come to life and I felt like I was there with them. I started reading one morning while on vacation and couldn't put the book down - finished by the end of the day. A couple days later, still in my mind and thinking of the characters as real people.

A "must read" for anyone who enjoys suspense packed novels

I highly recommend this book. It is almost impossible to avoid reading the entire book in a single sitting.