In this riveting first novel, winner of the Military Writers Society of America 2010 Silver Medal Award author Gould draws upon his experience recovering in a military hospital to create a plain truth, no-holds-barred narrative, stark in its simplicity, detail and humor. From dressing changes and morphine drips to off-site forays under a fence and into neighborhood bars and brothels, he chronicles the precipitous journey to recovery of the men of Ward 2BNhow they learned to walk again, to love again, and to triumph over the most impossible odds.