Young Marine private Mark Sebastian recounts his part in the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq to his Chef father and younger sister back home in Las Vegas through letters, e-mails, phone calls and live experiences. His trials and tribulations in Iraq have a profound effect on their lives as well.Mark's experiences are also colored by the actions of his fellow Marines, including the enigmatic Captain Dylan, and Mark's best friend the colorful Chicagoan Angelo Cicci.In the period of a year he will see his first combat, see many more dead Marines than he will ever wish to remember, kill a man for the first time, and witness the personal tragedy of a close friend."The first great book about the invasion of Iraq!"