{"id":1639,"date":"2002-01-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/up-country\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:23:44","slug":"up-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/up-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:50px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:50px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mvqztbz5-15595f3a9192f80ef36963230d84d0eb av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Up Country<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-44p97d-9aa854937422823d8926f7c01c11c1c4 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1640 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1640 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-country-alt-2-464x705.jpg\" alt='' title='up-country-alt-2'  height=\"705\" width=\"464\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-country-alt-2-464x705.jpg 464w, https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-country-alt-2-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/up-country-alt-2.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2bsku1-6ee072fff5d0039dca070881322e318f av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mvqzd3f1-e94786e2be8380d26aeace1bcde7eb2e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"book-header\">\n<p class=\"book-date\">Published on January 29, 2002<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book-details\">\n<div class=\"book-description\">\n<p><em>Debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers list!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the last things that Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army\u2019s Criminal Investigation Division\u2014an organization that thanked him for his many years of dedicated service by forcing him into early retirement. But when his former boss calls in a career\u2019s worth of favors, Paul finds himself having to do the last thing he ever wanted\u2014return to Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>His mission: investigate a murder that took place during the war, thirty years before. But almost as soon as he returns to Vietnam, a country that still haunts him, he discovers that there is more to this investigation than a forgotten murder-much more. Brenner, former combat veteran, again finds himself in a battle for survival as he enters a world of corruption and double-crosses, where, for the second time in his life, he cannot distinguish friend from foe, and where his only allies are his wits and his bravery-and possibly a beautiful American expatriate named Susan Weber. 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