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"BUSY AND Slim, this book gives a characteristic with all Scott publications, in that he never allows herself to become so intrigued by the giftis equipment that he forgets the men who use it."--Southern Book TradeAfter the American Embassy in Burma is bombed, retired Special Forces colonel Joshua Hawkins is recalled to active-duty by order of the leader. A key government objective will need the personal understanding of the country that only Hawkins can offer. He's an unique relationship with the Shan, the happy and self-sufficient pile group of upper Burma, having qualified as a soldier with his friend Stephen, the child of the Shan warlord, being a Horseman of the Shan hill people, and making the desired players' silver band, cast in recognition, that he nevertheless wears.Now Hawkins is known as again to serve his nation, to truly save his Shan friend, and to simply help the courageous people he's never overlooked within their combat a corrupt government and a callous heroin syndicate. Itis a large task, but Hawkins and his guys are as much as it--and not above employing frontier justice to show the despots anything or two, the traditional method.