The Healer's War

Summary

Drawing on the author's own service as an Army nurse in Vietnam, this novel follows Kitty McCulley, a nurse working in a military hospital during the war. A dying Vietnamese holy man gives her an amulet that lets her see the auras of those around her, and she is soon thrown into the jungle with a wounded soldier and an orphaned boy. The book blends realistic war fiction with fantasy to explore healing, prejudice, and the human cost of conflict.