The tracking lead jerked like a fast jag on a fishhook, Caesar's ears shot up and his shoulders hunched forward. The Vietcong soldier was fifty yards to my right front, stretching his arms above his head … There were three men at least…. and a machine-gun on the track facing me. Scarcely able to breathe, I reeled Caesar back... and gave a thumbs down. Enemy. And I had them cold….

Trackers is a gritty and moving account that reveals the Australian Army's little-known use of combat tracker dogs during the Vietnam War.

A war veteran tells his story with vivid and compelling immediacy, blending the terror of hunting the elusive Viet Cong with the tender relationship between him and his larrikin Labrador-kelpie-cross, Caesar.

A graphic portrayal of the timeless reality of war-the horror, the madness, the tedium, the dark humor.

Trackers hurls you into a surreal world of seething jungles, random minefields, and lethal friendly fire. Amid the mayhem, the author finds vital refuge in Caesars playful innocence.

Peter Haran was first posted to Vietnam in 1967, aged just 19, as a dog handler with one of the Army's first Combat Tracking Teams. He returned after a year to become a war dog trainer in Sydney, and was reassigned to Vietnam in 1971 as an Infantry Section Commander with 3 R.A.R.