The Edge of Honor — P.T. Deutermann

A MAN ON THE BRINK OF HIS DESTINY...
It is the height of the Vietnam War and young Lt. Brian Holcomb is about to embark on an eight-month tour of duty that will bring him one step away from commanding his own ship.

A WOMAN TEMPTED BY DESIRE...
On the homefront, his beautiful wife Maddy is lonely and confused--tantalized by a seductive stranger and an act of betrayal every Navy man dreads, even more than the enemy's face.

A SHIP AT WAR WITH ITSELF...
Aboard the guided-missile frigate U.SS John Bell Hood, he will witness a ship spinning in a tidal pool of recklessness--its crew wasted by drugs, its brass losing its grip on command.

THE EDGE OF HONOR
And now, as the Hood steams towards an explosive showdown with North Vietnam's killer &1iGs, he will be forced to make the most agonizing choice of his life--one that could make his career...or damn his soul.