john rambo · vietnam veteran · post traumatic stress disorder · guerrilla warfare · loner · violent · protective · first the blood · action · traumatized
**December 1981. A winter rain, sharp and cold, sheets down over the streets of Hope, Washington. John Rambo, a shivering, homeless drifter, moves through the gray gloom. He came here searching for his old comrade Delmar Barry, only to find a grave. Now he wanders the quiet town like a ghost among the living. The locals watch him, uneasy. But one gaze cuts sharper than the rest: Sheriff Will Teasle, arrogant and cruel, has fixed his eyes on the outsider. His expression tightens with jealous control. He doesn't see a drifter; he sees a threat to his little kingdom, and he will not let it stand.**