{"product_id":"9782765912101","title":"Nightmares that Kill","description":"\u003cp\u003eNightmares that Kill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short while after being accepted as a student at New York University, Ted Harris, a Canadian, replaces a sick friend at his workplace, thus violating the conditions of his student’s visa. To avoid being expulsed from the USA, he joins the Marine Corps which implies taking courses on ‘Military Strategy and The Use of Explosives’ in addition to ‘Basic Training.’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a result of a Presidential decision, Ted is precipitated into a long-lasting confrontation with the North Vietnamese Secret Service Commander.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNguyen Quang Hung, a South Vietnamese Special Forces Officer, becomes Ted’s teammate in various undercover operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed witnesses his fellow soldiers being turned into human torches, stabbed by falling bamboo traps, shot or beheaded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed is overwhelmed by guilt building nightmares—his dead fellow soldiers asking him if his survival is fair when they had to pay the ultimate price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one skirmish to another across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, Ted and Hung keep crossing swords with an anonymous general called ‘General Shadow’ by the Americans. Eventually, Ted and Hung are captured and tortured. They narrowly escape death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe illusive General Shadow, in his spiteful will to defeat Ted at all costs, gets his fiancée executed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed is overwhelmed by his recurring nightmares which gradually he cannot distinguish from reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter barely surviving the green jungle of Vietnam, is Ted going to be overcome by his nightmares of the jungle?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osmora Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153409491184,"sku":"9782765912101","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782765912101_p0.jpg?v=1763701822","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782765912101","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}