In this vital novel that arrives at a perilous time Elliot Ackerman New York Times bestselling author a disillusioned American veteran volunteers for the war in Ukraine to reconnect with a woman from his past
Thirtythreeyearold Luke Pax Paxton has been out of the military for almost a decade adrift in an America he no longer understands haunted by a mistake made in an unforgiving moment of combat When an old army friend suggests they travel to Ukraine to help fight against the Russian invasion he agrees and together they cross an ocean to Lviv the City of Lions But Pax isnt merely going out of the goodness of his heart He carries with him the address of a former love a Ukrainian woman named Svitlana whom he had known as a young soldier and has been unable to forget
His feverish journey through Lviv takes him down winding and missilecratered streets as he forms surprising connections with everyone from humanitarian volunteers to displaced Ukrainians and ordinary citizens trying to survive And when Pax gets the chance to save someone dear to Svitlana he just might be able to correct the wrongs that have wracked him with guilt for so many years
Inspired by the authors time in Ukraine Matt Gallagher has written the first great militaryinspired novel of this postGlobal War on Terror era Bill McCloud author of What Should We Tell Our Children About Vietnam
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