Temporary Marriage

Regan had to find a husband!There were only five weeks before her twenty-fifth birthday, and by then she had to be married or she would lose the home she loved so dearly.So when Keir Anderson turned up out of the blue--and out of her past--Regan asked him to marry her, as a temporary business arrangement.He agreed, and they were married before Regan realized that Keir had no intention of sticking to the agreement. Six years earlier she had scornfully rejected him. Now the tables were turned, and he wanted his revenge! Intense, powerful, and compelling, *Matterhorn* is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer's *The Naked and the Dead* and James Jones's *The Thin Red Line*. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever. Written over the course of thirty years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, *Matterhorn* is a visceral and spellbinding novel about what it is like to be a young man at war. It is an unforgettable novel that transforms the tragedy of Vietnam into a powerful and universal story of courage, camaraderie, and sacrifice: a parable not only of the war in Vietnam but of all war, and a testament to the redemptive power of literature. In The Tradition Of Norman Mailer's The Naked And The Dead And James Jones's The Thin Red Line, Marlantes Tells The Powerful And Compelling Story Of A Young Marine Lieutenant, Waino Mellas, And His Comrades In Bravo Company, Who Are Dropped Into The Mountain Jungle Of Vietnam As Boys And Forced To Fight Their Way Into Manhood. Karl Marlantes. Young Marine lieutenant and platoon commander Waino Mellas and his battalion learn about life, loss, and the horrors of war during their thirteen-month tour in the sweltering mountains of South Vietnam