Ghost on the Wire. The Stratton Deep Recon Series, #1

Erik Anders thought prison would be the end of the road. Instead, it was only the beginning. Facing jail time after a violent altercation, Anders takes a plea deal that sends him into the U. S. Army; straight into the shadows of a war he barely understands. Selected for MACV-SOG, the most secretive unit in Vietnam, he's dropped into a world of triple-canopy jungle, covert insertions, and constant pursuit by elite North Vietnamese counter-recon teams.
Ghost on the Wire follows Anders through a war of whispers and wiretaps, ambushes and aerial extractions, where silence isn't golden, it's survival. And the enemy is close enough to hear you breathe. Atmospheric, unflinching, and taut with tension, this is deep reconnaissance fiction at its sharpest edge. In a war that doesn't officially exist, Anders learns fast: stay low, stay quiet, and never assume you're alone in the jungle.