Perfume River Nights

In PERFUME RIVER NIGHTS eighteen-year-old Jimmy Miller, called Singer by his platoon mates, wants to prove his bravery in the trials of war but he never considered how hard it would be to kill a man or what might happen if he did. He doesn’t think about death and dying. He only imagines the glory. But when a vicious North Vietnamese Army ambush engulfs Singer and his friends, everything changes. In the heat of battle Singer confronts the terrible truth of war and discovers a frightening darkness within himself. His struggle to survive takes on a deeper meaning that tests his courage in ways he never expected.

More than a war story, PERFUME RIVER NIGHTS is a tale of tragic events and the heroic quest to know ourselves and find our way.

Winner: Best First Novel

Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2017

PERFUME RIVER NIGHTS is an exciting debut novel in which Maurer, in an often poetic style, tells a gut-wrenching story of war that will have readers needing to catch their breath but unable to turn away. Friendships deepen within the deadly arena of war evoking promises that are hard to keep and even harder to amend. Tensions flare with lives at risk. Readers will feel the terror that looms beyond the next turn in the jungle trail. Perfume River Nights is a book that is hard to read without being deeply moved. When you turn the last page you’ll wish there was more.

All the royalties from PERFUME RIVER NIGHTS benefit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.