Eric Helm Books in Order

On a hill near the Cambodian border, three hundred men hack a Special Forces camp out of the jungle while Gerber’s Scorpion Squad races to build defenses. As a determined Viet Cong force closes in, incompetence at higher levels may doom them all.

Still early in the war, the Scorpion Squad slips across the border into North Vietnam to rescue a downed U-2 pilot. Moving through dense jungle and tight patrols, they must get the flyer out without triggering a wider political explosion.

A vicious Viet Cong torture squad is terrorizing the countryside, and Gerber’s Scorpion Squad is sent to Camp A-555 in the middle of enemy-held land to stop it. With six helicopters and top pilots, they mount one of the most daring assaults of the war.

The Viet Cong build a floating artillery base within range of Camp A-555, turning a nearby river into a killing ground. Gerber’s Scorpion Squad must run that gauntlet, pushing deep into jungle channels to destroy the platform before the camp is obliterated.

In this early Ground Zero novel, Gerber and Fetterman are drawn into the brutal world of prisoners of war, where rumors of captured Americans force them into risky missions and uncomfortable deals to bring their own people home alive.

A high-value enemy target may or may not be dead, and the paperwork says the mission succeeded. Gerber’s team knows better. Sent back into hostile territory to confirm the kill, they discover how dangerous unfinished business can be in a war of shadows.

In 1965, Operation Phoenix sends Fetterman’s patrol across the Cambodian border to eliminate a dangerous Viet Cong unit. When he is arrested for murder in a neutral country, Gerber must take on hostile generals and a murky legal mess to save his men.

Rumors say the North Vietnamese have a new missile guidance system that blinds American radar. To verify it, Gerber and Fetterman take a team on a night-time HALO jump from a B-52 into North Vietnam, where surviving the landing is only their first problem.

A remote outpost at Plei Soi becomes the flashpoint for a major clash when enemy forces test its defenses and higher command hesitates to respond. Gerber’s Special Forces team must hold the line long enough to prove the fight is real and not just another false alarm.

After a patrol is ambushed and wiped out, Sergeant Sean Cavanaugh returns as the sole survivor, broken and obsessed with revenge. When he goes rogue and forms his own hunter–killer team, Gerber must stop a man who now sees himself as judge and executioner.

During the Tet Offensive, Gerber finds himself in Saigon just as rockets and coordinated attacks slam into the city. Street by street, his team scrambles to protect key targets and civilians while trying to understand how everything went wrong overnight.

When Camp A-555 finally falls to a determined Viet Cong assault, an American general and a journalist are trapped inside. Gerber must lead a rescue through enemy-controlled jungle, knowing the whole world may be watching how and whether he succeeds.

Back in Vietnam after a year stateside, Gerber and Fetterman find the political mood has shifted. A reconnaissance into the Hobo Woods reveals a massive enemy buildup, and a helicopter assault meant to stop it collapses into a desperate rescue under heavy fire.

Gerber’s team is ordered to work with a former Viet Cong fighter who has switched sides to serve as a Kit Carson scout. As they move through contested villages, they must decide how far to trust a man who knows the enemy too well.

Tasked with turning a vulnerable village into a self-defending community, Gerber’s men train local militia, juggle ambitious officers, and try to win hearts that have seen too many broken promises. When the enemy finally attacks, the whole experiment is tested in one brutal night.

Gerber’s Green Berets are assigned to defend a vulnerable hamlet trapped between Viet Cong influence and American promises. Training local forces, rooting out informers, and facing repeated probes, they learn how fragile loyalty can be when both sides claim to offer protection.

Operating along Vietnam’s dark waterways and coastlines, Gerber’s men are drawn into a series of night missions where smugglers, guerrillas, and regular troops all blend together. Every flare-lit firefight forces them to decide who is an enemy and who just wants to survive.

Enemy traffic on the roads from Hanoi has mysteriously vanished by day. When interrogation and recon show a North Vietnamese staging area hidden in a dusty village, Gerber’s team slips across the border to plant sensors and call in night strikes on the shadow war.

As Khe Sanh comes under siege, thousands of Marines fight to hold a hilltop base against overwhelming odds. Gerber and Fetterman parachute into the mountains to eliminate the general believed to be directing the onslaught, dodging artillery from both friend and foe.

After an American company is wiped out in South Vietnam’s Iron Triangle while high on drugs and alcohol, Gerber and Fetterman are assigned to CID. Their mission is to infiltrate Saigon’s drug scene and shut down the network feeding poison to the troops.

Reconnaissance photos of a new POW camp near the DMZ send Gerber and Fetterman into North Vietnam. They discover a Soviet-run training center instead, and their scouting mission turns into a full-blown raid against Russian advisers and hardened NVA troops.

Enemy units are slipping into South Vietnam from safe havens just across the Cambodian border. Gerber’s team is dispatched to probe those sanctuaries, testing how far they can push an unofficial war before politics catch up with them in the jungle.

Special Forces and Air Force crews join forces to hit a heavily defended bridge nicknamed the Dragon’s Jaw. While bombers battle anti-aircraft fire overhead, Gerber’s men work on the ground to make sure the target finally comes down and the fliers get out.

Stung by claims that America does not know how to win, Gerber reoccupies an abandoned camp in Binh Long Province and pushes the enemy back, only to find himself fighting not just Viet Cong units but a vengeful general determined to cut him down.

A covert patrol into Cambodia is wiped out, and Gerber’s relief team walks straight into an ambush. The only explanation is a traitor at MACV headquarters, forcing Gerber to hunt a leak inside Saigon while the enemy keeps reading American plans.

When a Special Forces camp falls into enemy hands, Washington wants it taken back quickly and quietly. Gerber and Fetterman lead the counterattack, facing dug-in defenders, booby-trapped ground, and the ghosts of men who did not survive the first battle.

Gerber and Fetterman lead a sniper team across the border into supposedly neutral Cambodia to assassinate a powerful general. When the mission is compromised, their in-and-out strike turns into a brutal fight to claw back to friendly lines.

Intelligence uncovers a vast tunnel complex inside Nui Ba Den, the Black Virgin Mountain. Gerber’s Green Berets must destroy the underground base while a visiting American delegation unknowingly drives into an ambush that could turn into a political catastrophe.

An NVA assassination squad is terrorizing villages near Tan Son Nhut and threatening vital air operations. Gerber’s Green Berets must track the killers through nervous hamlets and crowded roads, knowing a single mistake could bring the war straight to Saigon’s main airbase.

This Vietnam: Ground Zero entry finds Gerber and Fetterman leading a small Special Forces detachment deep into hostile countryside. Skirmishes, rival commanders, and shifting orders force them to decide how hard to push a fight that never quite ends.

Special Forces recon teams are disappearing in Laos’s Three Rivers Secret Zone. When a dead Soviet paratrooper turns up beside American bodies, Gerber and Fetterman are sent in to expose Moscow’s role and survive long enough to prove it.

Gerber and Fetterman are assigned to protect a Marine sniper on a critical mission near the end of their Vietnam tour. As enemy pressure mounts and politics tighten, guarding one man may cost the team more than any firefight.

War material is pouring down from China by rail, and Gerber’s team is sent to destroy a key staging area near the border. With stale intelligence, dubious scouts, and little planning, the mission feels like a powder keg waiting for a spark.

An American officer vanishes inside North Vietnam, and Gerber and Fetterman are ordered to find him. Their hunt runs from jungle trails to the streets of Hanoi, where leaks in the plan turn a covert search into a deadly setup.

Gerber’s Special Forces team is dropped into territory ruled by a ruthless local commander who plays both sides of the war. To complete their mission, they must navigate jungle ambushes and an uneasy alliance with a man who may be more dangerous than the enemy.

Enemy traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail suddenly drops, and Gerber’s superiors fear a new offensive building in the shadows. Sent to scout the jungles of Bang Ron, his team must balance smart reconnaissance with the reckless ambitions of a glory-seeking newcomer.

Flying unarmed Bird Dog observation planes, U.S. pilots skim low over enemy territory to find and mark targets. Over the Hobo Woods they uncover a hidden tunnel complex, then help coordinate a risky ambush that could as easily consume them as the Viet Cong.

Aboard a U.S. carrier off Vietnam, pilots launch wave after wave of missions against inland targets while living with the constant risk of combat losses and dangerous deck accidents. The novel follows the rhythm of sorties, briefings, and narrow escapes at sea.

A warrant officer helicopter pilot in Vietnam flies combat assaults, medevacs, and night insertions where one mistake can kill everyone aboard. As missions pile up and support wavers, he learns that survival depends as much on judgment as on flying skill.

Warrant Officer David Anderson volunteers for a hit-and-run helicopter mission called Eagle Eye, only to be shot down in VC-infested jungle. With a company of NVA hunting them in the dark, his small group of airmen must fight like infantry to see daylight.

During Operation Linebacker, a bomber crew is shot down over North Vietnam and forced to eject into hostile jungle. A pararescue jumper sent to save them crashes too, leaving two downed airmen trying to survive on the ground as enemy troops close in.

Wild Weasel crews fly straight into North Vietnamese missile zones to bait radar-guided SAMs and kill the sites before they slaughter other pilots. Every mission is a duel between clever operators and deadly technology, with seconds to decide who walks away.

One of the newest Vietnam: Ground Zero novels, Pioneer Post follows Gerber’s team as the long war grinds on and new outposts appear on the map. Fresh units, shifting rules, and familiar enemies make every mission feel both routine and newly dangerous.

Set late in the series, Proxy War highlights how many outside powers are now pulling strings in Vietnam. Gerber’s Special Forces detachment finds itself caught between local allies, enemy regulars, and shadowy sponsors whose goals do not always match the men on the ground.

Focusing more closely on Bromhead, the officer seen throughout the Ground Zero books, this novel follows his command as new operations shift the balance of power. Old lessons from village defense and earlier battles come due in a campaign that tests him to the limit.