My Only Love V2: A Novel (1880)

Soldiers hold fast to memories of home. Memories are emotional anchors in an environment that otherwise tears one’s values and hopes into so much psychological shrapnel. Returning troops find that their anchor drifted. Loved ones, acquaintances and attitudes toward the war changed while the veteran was away. They were dispatched into combat by a public full of patriotic ideals regarding their mission. They fought and friends died for ideals now judged unworthy by those back home. Ambush of the Soul is not about heros. It is about those who made it back, but find that the war still rages silently within them. The poems are for veterans struggling to move on, and for those who love them. The book reflects the innermost thoughts and doubts felt by our troops silently coping with life after the uniform. The winning impact of faith, family, and love traces the veteran’s recon patrol home.