The Dog Soldier

In bestselling author Kim Kinrade’s 9th novel, The Dog Soldier, Jackie Benson, a seventeen year-old runaway from Southern Alberta, leaves behind a shattered life to join the American army during the last throes of its involvement in the Vietnam War.

Impressed with Jackie’s heroism his best friend, Jimmie Whitebull, teaches him the philosophy of the Dog Soldier clan of the Northern Cheyenne and his forefather’s involvement in fighting Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. On a trip home he visits his friend’s family in Montana and, because of his heroism by staying behind to fight the enemy so that a helicopter carrying wounded comrades can escape, Jackie is given honorary status in the Dog Soldier clan.

After returning to Vietnam Jackie uncovers a Chinese and Soviet connection to help the North Vietnamese army capture Saigon and end the war in North Vietnam’s favor. After capturing a Soviet colonel he becomes embroiled in a political tug-of-war that goes directly to the White House.