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Readers across the country have been moved by this powerful story of brotherhood and sacrifice in Vietnam.

This novel captures the experience of river patrol sailors with a truth that only someone who was there could possibly know. The combat scenes put you right there on the water.

Margaret Thompson

Ken Kalish writes with a voice that is authentic and unflinching in its honesty. You can feel the heat, smell the river, and hear the guns firing.

Robert Chen

A powerful tribute to the men of the Brown Water Navy who served and sacrificed in Vietnam. This book should be required reading for every American.

Patricia O’Brien

I could not put this book down once I started reading it. The characters feel like real people and their struggles become your struggles.

James Martinez

Fire on the Water is a masterpiece of war fiction that honors the veterans who fought a forgotten war on Vietnam’s rivers. Highly recommended.

Dorothy Williams

The author brings the Mekong Delta to life with prose that is both beautiful and brutal. This is storytelling at its absolute finest and most honest.

Harold Jenkins