Fields of Fire: A Novel

“Few writers since Stephen Crane have portrayed men at war with such a ring of steely truth.”—The Houston Post

With a new introduction by the author for the book’s 40th anniversary.

They each had their reasons for joining the Marines. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo—“Death Before Dishonor”—before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes. They were three young men from different worlds, plunged into a white-hot, ...