True stories are always the best. Mason does an awesome job of telling these stories, and this one is a doozy! Back from Vietnam, listless, unable to hold a job, suffering PTSD, and drinking is a recipe for disaster. And that is where his life headed next. Ironically, he achieves fame and fortune just as he arrives at jail to serve his sentence for drug smuggling. This is a book I could not set down, just like his first, Chickenhawk. I just ordered his 2 fiction books to see how those turn out. Check Amazon for all his book reviews and you will see they are great!