Spoils

ISBN-13: 9781784704322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str.

Brian Van Reet

Opis

It is the spring of 2003 and coalition forces are advancing on Iraq. Nineteen-year-old Specialist Cassandra Wigheard, on her first deployment since joining the US army two years earlier, is primed for war. When Cassandra is taken prisoner by al-Hool's mujahideen brotherhood, both fighters will find their loyalties tested to the very limits.

Recenzje

A brilliantly written account of kidnap and conquest in the early years of the Iraq war. Justine Jordan Guardian, Books of the Year

O autorze

Brian Van Reet was born in Houston. Following the September 11 attacks, he dropped out of the University of Virginia and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served in Iraq under stop-loss orders, achieved the rank of sergeant and was awarded a Bronze Star for valour. After an honourable discharge he studied at the University of Missouri and later the University of Texas. His stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily Beast and the Washington Post.