'Ekra Lecha Gever' is a rousing novel revolving around Yuval Telem, a young platoon commander serving in an elite infantry battalion of the Israel Defense Forces during the second Lebanon war of summer 2006. Yuval is suddenly thrust into two new and unfamiliar realms, as he leads his troops into battle in the Gaza Strip and deep inside Lebanon and at the same time tries to deal with a passionate infatuation with a female soldier, who is herself torn between him and her former lover. Ohad Rosen weaves together with great skill a captivating and complex figure of a young commanding officer in...