"This is a fictional story about an American patriot, Grady Cordeaux. Grady reveals his life's journey to us, retrospectively, through his relationship with a decades-long friend, R.C. Carter.

His story, set in the turbulent Vietnam War era and beyond, is one that many Americans can relate to; that is, a rural upbringing, a loving family, high school sweetheart, and finding his post-high school dreams suddenly diverted and out of his control.

While describing Grady's army duties, relationships and heroism in combat, the author gives us an unusual but insightful accounting of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a junior non-commissioned officer. Those young men and women came home with mixed emotions; just happy to be alive, dejected, rejected, physically maimed, mentally broken, appreciated and proud. Those experiences shaped a generation of Americans for better or worse.

Shadows of Saigon, by this gifted new novelist Mark Anderson, artfully builds on itself page-by-page. You will find yourself playing mind games predicting where Grady's life is headed only to be surprised, elated and sometimes disappointed all in the same spell-binding chapter. You will find it difficult to put this book down.""

-Marvin Covault, Lt. Gen. US Army, retired. Vietnam 1967/68 and 1971

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"" A riveting tale about the ups and downs of romance in the Vietnam [War] era."" 

~ Kirkus Reviews

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""In the historical novel Shadows of Saigon, a complicated young man falls in love while on a tour of service during the Vietnam War...A final plot twist, which is handled with aplomb, brings the past and present together well. It’s a bittersweet concluding note.""

Foreword Reviews (3-Stars)"