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From Mr James C Ryan, Oceanside, CA in a letter to the Publisher:
I have just finished the book. James Slusser is truly a gifted writer. This story is one of the most enjoyable I have ever read. Full of action and a great love story not only between a man and a woman but also a truly remarkable explanation of why men who have experienced combat together can love each other deeply as well. It's not a subject that writers express in that way usually, but your author has done it very well and most convincingly. From page 168 onward through page 338 of 364 pages I smiled, I laughed, and I got misty-eyed. This writing moves your emotions, grips you, and catches you up in the lives of the characters who are as real as real can be. You care about what happens to them. And so it is all the more astonishing that the book, in its final chapters takes an unexpected and horrible turn that turns everything upside down and inside out. Of course, the Pentagon is behind the mischief executing policy that serves its own ends first, even if two of their best people are soul-wounded in the process.
One of the major complaints I have about many writers of fiction is that often they are forced to pen an abrupt ending to an overly long story line which, as enjoyable as it is in itself, really demands better closure for the reader. This is not the case in this book. Closure is perfect. Slusser has summed it all up in a very realistic way that shows how cruel life can really turn out, and it is disturbing to the reader as characters have to adjust to a lesser quality of life then they had planned. But in an O' Henry type conclusion, he pulls the story back to the love story and its participants in an improbable but totally satisfying manner. It is unforgettable.
I would read any book this author writes.
I have just finished the book. James Slusser is truly a gifted writer. This story is one of the most enjoyable I have ever read. Full of action and a great love story not only between a man and a woman but also a truly remarkable explanation of why men who have experienced combat together can love each other deeply as well. It's not a subject that writers express in that way usually, but your author has done it very well and most convincingly. From page 168 onward through page 338 of 364 pages I smiled, I laughed, and I got misty-eyed. This writing moves your emotions, grips you, and catches you up in the lives of the characters who are as real as real can be. You care about what happens to them. And so it is all the more astonishing that the book, in its final chapters takes an unexpected and horrible turn that turns everything upside down and inside out. Of course, the Pentagon is behind the mischief executing policy that serves its own ends first, even if two of their best people are soul-wounded in the process.
One of the major complaints I have about many writers of fiction is that often they are forced to pen an abrupt ending to an overly long story line which, as enjoyable as it is in itself, really demands better closure for the reader. This is not the case in this book. Closure is perfect. Slusser has summed it all up in a very realistic way that shows how cruel life can really turn out, and it is disturbing to the reader as characters have to adjust to a lesser quality of life then they had planned. But in an O' Henry type conclusion, he pulls the story back to the love story and its participants in an improbable but totally satisfying manner. It is unforgettable.
I would read any book this author writes.
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