Laotian Pawn — Millard Graham

"Laotian Pawn", is the first book in the Clayton Gray series. Lt. Col. Clayton Gray wants to retire from the Air Force and leave the world of covert action to the younger generation. An old associate at the CIA wants him for one last mission--a mission marked with treachery and deception, leading from Michigan to the steamy jungles of Laos. Gray and his team will attempt to rescue several American and Vietnamese POW's from a brutal labor camp deep in the bush. Constant betrayals demand lightning fast adjustments to the mission as Gray's team loses time and with it, the possibility of their lives.