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A WAR WITHOUT STRATEGY - A BATTLFIELD WITHOUT BORDERS
From the command centers of the Pentagon and CIA headquarters to the dust-choked roads and mountain passes of Afghanistan, A NOVEL is a raw, unflinching portrayal of America’s longest war.
An elite team of CIA helicopter pilots flies out of Bagram Airfield, tasked with the missions no one else can touch—slipping special operators into the darkest corners of the Hindu Kush, hauling the wounded out under fire, and bringing home the dead when everything goes wrong. Around them, the war unfolds in stark, interconnected Afghan villagers trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary danger; American soldiers, intelligence officers, and special operations teams chasing enemies who dissolve into terrain and rumor; insurgents and shadow networks shaping attacks from across borders and inside quiet mountain villages. Above it all, drones watch, jets circle, bombers wait, and the machinery of war grinds on—day after day—until purpose blurs into routine and exhaustion becomes its own kind of enemy. As the threads tighten, the story drives toward a brutal reckoning in the caves of Tora Bora, where loyalty fractures, truths collapse, and survival comes at a cost no one can measure.
Gritty, deeply human, and relentlessly real—this is a war story about the people trapped inside the mission after the mission is gone.
From the command centers of the Pentagon and CIA headquarters to the dust-choked roads and mountain passes of Afghanistan, A NOVEL is a raw, unflinching portrayal of America’s longest war.
An elite team of CIA helicopter pilots flies out of Bagram Airfield, tasked with the missions no one else can touch—slipping special operators into the darkest corners of the Hindu Kush, hauling the wounded out under fire, and bringing home the dead when everything goes wrong. Around them, the war unfolds in stark, interconnected Afghan villagers trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary danger; American soldiers, intelligence officers, and special operations teams chasing enemies who dissolve into terrain and rumor; insurgents and shadow networks shaping attacks from across borders and inside quiet mountain villages. Above it all, drones watch, jets circle, bombers wait, and the machinery of war grinds on—day after day—until purpose blurs into routine and exhaustion becomes its own kind of enemy. As the threads tighten, the story drives toward a brutal reckoning in the caves of Tora Bora, where loyalty fractures, truths collapse, and survival comes at a cost no one can measure.
Gritty, deeply human, and relentlessly real—this is a war story about the people trapped inside the mission after the mission is gone.
332 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 14, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Really enjoyed this one
I was there during the time period this story was set in. I remember the fallen comrade ceremonies and the route was right on. Good writing and sympathetic characters. One thing though, ATC does not say “cleared to taxi”, lol. Controllers teeth would grind on that one.
I was there during the time period this story was set in. I remember the fallen comrade ceremonies and the route was right on. Good writing and sympathetic characters. One thing though, ATC does not say “cleared to taxi”, lol. Controllers teeth would grind on that one.
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