New York: Henry Holt, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's short and disturbing second novel - a Vietnam novel that takes place 50 miles from Washington, D.C, in the marshlands of Maryland - a murder mystery and a ghost story. Karlin was one of the editors and contributors to the anthology fiction by Vietnam veterans published by Casualty Press in 1973, 'Free Fire Zone'. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-07156.