Novel about an Australian Vietnam War veteran. Thommo and ten of his war mates develop physical and mental problems on their return to Australia. Angry at their hostile reception, they recruit an ex-Viet Cong with ‘special skills’ and plan their revenge, but in real life, they’re too screwed up to put up a fight. The team is transformed when Wendy, a woman whose baby needs a bone-marrow transplant, moulds them into a viable fighting unit. An earlier, shorter version of this story was published electronically in 2000 as ‘Meeting at the Smoky Joe Cafe’. Best-selling author’s previous titles include ‘The Power of One’ and ‘April Fool’s Day’.