When Dr. James Braden decides to return to Vietnam twenty-five years after being wounded and nearly dying in the war, the last thing on his mind was that he would once again be in mortal danger there as he becomes involved in the life of a beautiful, mysterious, Euro-Asian woman. Braden is swept blindly into a web of suspicion and intrigue as he races to uncover secrets that hold the answer to the threats against his life, and perhaps the key to his future happiness, if he lives long enough. Return to Thuong Duc is a fast paced action-adventure that combines realistic characters with a new and different view of exotic post war Vietnam. Dr. Gary Cowart was born and raised in Seattle Washington, and after serving in Vietnam in 1968 as a Marine Corps corporal, Dr. Cowart earned a B.A. in Zoology from the University of Washington, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the UW School of Dentistry. He currently, lives, writes, and maintains a general dental practice in Kent, Washington.