[Democracyman]

I had a thought that I most likely will never do.

Have a old Vietnam vet, his best friend died in Vietnam, both swore to take care of each others family if anything ever happened, but he never did. So years later the friends wife calls him up, her son, his dead friend's son went to Vietnam to explore where his dad died and disappears.... She begs him to go find her son, he being a older man and also his wife recently died who he misses terribly (causing a deep depression), he decides to go on one last mission. One mean old man with nothing to live for....

And it kicks off from here and you can twist and turn it anyway you fancy.

Make the Man's character grow, involve his son who is a Iraqi and Afghanistan vet, involve his old military buddies, involve old friends and enemies in vietnam.

Add in some surprises from the old days leading up to today.

All the good stuff of a modern novel.

Dan