The Birdcatcher, Part 2 — Walter J. Schenck / Walter Joseph Schenck Jr.

Three men meet in Vietnam and become invoved in a psychological struggle for survival in a world of mysticism, black marketing, CIA espionage, revenge and dramatic helicopter battle campaigns.The story begins when FBI agent Alignman investigates an occult movement and its links to drugs and politics. To discover its origin and to capture its leaders, Alignman encounters Jarrett who is a retired CIA agent, voluntarily living in a mental ward. Only Jarrett understands the Evanite occult movement that first began in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive of 1972.In Dr. Peterson's office, Jarrett recalls a series of events which brings into focus his stuggle to maintain his identity set against the possessive desires of Badlock and the counteractions of Nicewander to control Jarrett's characteristic traits. The Birdcatcher, who resides in Hades, enters into the arena of this mystical barometer and causes terrible events to occur that will spell either the damnation or the redemption of Jarrett.