Former soldier John Rambo fought in South Vietnam, and that war has seeped into his flesh and blood. He has forgotten how to live without war, and when someone stands in his way, he begins to kill.
This is a harsh and truthful account of how war cripples people's psyches, how the state system grinds human lives and discards the spent material onto the rubbish heap. This is the book that inspired the film of the same name. The book is far harsher than the film and, unlike it, far more realistic.