Island Strike

During the opening months of 1967, Jackman’s platoon and its ARVN partners are sent to Long Sơn Island, a strategically placed gateway towards the Mekong Delta. A fortified Viet Cong force has turned the island into a network of ambush positions, sniper hides and concealed approaches. Clearing it requires the allied troops to fight through terrain where every village, waterway and ridge may conceal another defensive position.

Island Strike uses an isolated operation to examine the fragility of coalition warfare. Australian soldiers depend on South Vietnamese knowledge and local intelligence, while mistrust and conflicting priorities threaten the mission from within. The compressed island setting gives the book the character of a siege and clearance campaign, with survival depending as much on cooperation as firepower.