Two Marine snipers enter a valley across the border in Cambodia. One survives, the other vanished from within arm's length. The survivor is attached to a team of killers and return to the valley. This is first-rate horror with monsdtrs, a gritty Vietnam war story yielding to a mysterious post valley filled with dread from Tim to rim. Excellent writing, great infectious monsters, steadily mounting suspense drawing the reader through the plot. As a horror novel, as a monster story, I can't recommend this more highly. ( )