Heir of Promise

When Jake Chin headed off to the war in Vietnam, he left a lot of things behind in California, including his parents, his identical twin brother, and nearly two decades of unresolved family conflict and drama. Then, once in ’Nam, he left even more behind—but took something away with him. When his friend and fellow soldier was shot down on the battlefield in Laos, Jake abandoned his name and military career and picked up his fallen friend’s identity.

But becoming someone else isn’t exactly easy. There are deliberate changes that must be made and complications that inevitably creep in during the process. All those things Jake left behind in California and Laos slowly but surely come back to haunt him, and, where his past intersects with his present, a great risk to his future is created.

Can Jake go on living another man’s life? Can he find love and peace? Or will his duplicity get the better of him and turn his dream for a new life into a living nightmare?

A sharp and sophisticated novel, Heir of Promise tells a thoroughly thrilling tale of trial, tribulation, and triumph that will entertain you and stimulate your sensibilities and higher thinking.