This is the 3rd book of a trilogy, and we find Jim Coleman in a body bag and declared dead from a severe head wound he got on his last mission. He has no idea where he is or what happened when boarding the rescue helicopter. He starts to move around, and a Catholic chaplain sees the bag move and he gets a doctor to investigate. Hearing a slight heartbeat, Jim is rushed back to the hospital and emergency surgery. He goes through 2 surgeries within 4 days, and he is pronounced in stable condition to be moved to a better facility back in Hawaii. Only one problem exists, his CIA handler, Commander Forrest Damon of the US Navy has other ideas. Being that there is absolutely no record of Jim being in the Marine Corps or any other branch of any service, Damon wants him moved to a facility he prefers. Finally, it is determined that Jim will be transferred to Tripler Army Hospital in Hawaii. On the way there, Jim is on a small hospital plane, it is discovered that he has a huge hole in his back that nobody seems to bother to check. After everything is settled with his body, Jim goes through rehabilitation and physical therapy. A Navy nurse, Lt. Commander Veronica White, has assigned herself to take care of Jim while he’s at the hospital. Ronnie is falling in love with him, but Jim is oblivious to this because he’s “sort of” engaged to a high school senior back home in Boston. This romance comes to a head when Ronnie gives him an ultimatum: “Me or the high school child.” Jim says he can’t do anything until he writes to Linda to break it off. Not good enough for the Lt. Commander, she leaves in the middle of the night for her new duty station in Maryland. Distraught, Jim finally gets orders to go back to Vietnam and probably the most dangerous mission he will participate in.