Memory – 2014 ABNA Entry

by Doug Lloyd

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Entry - this eBook is a sample of the first 3,000-5,000 words; it is not the full book. The ABNA contest is operated on Amazon.com only. Visit this entry on Amazon.com to leave customer feedback. To vote for the Grand Prize winner starting July 8, visit www.amazon.com/ABNA. War changes you. That's what they tell you when you sign up to fight, anyway. What they neglect to tell you is exactly how it changes you, and how everything around you changes too. When Paul Nelson returns home from Korea, everything he once knew has been his parents have died, his brother is away at college, and he's jobless. The sheltered and comfortable 1950s suburban life he was expecting to return to has given way to isolation. The country that had rallied behind him and egged him on in fighting the red scourge had nothing left to offer once he was safely back within its borders. After two years in the company of his fellow soldiers Paul, for the first time in his life, finds himself completely alone. Things change when he meets a stranger. A stranger who isn't afraid to be honest with himself, and who forces Paul to do the same. Together, the two men truly find one another, but also must guide one another through a treacherous world where their every move is scrutinized and a single mistake, a single fleeting glance, could have tragic consequences. And as the war winds down, Paul is forced to confront the fact that the freedom he thought he was fighting for doesn't seem to apply to him. This is a simple story of trailblazers. A story of love against the odds. A story of how a single summer can live on forever in your memory.

15 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 14, 2014