Wombat: That One Story My Mom Wanted Me To Write - or - How Not To Lead A Convoy

by Edwin Anderson

You know what we could all use during this Pandemic, a good laugh, right? Well, what’s funnier than war? Welcome to WOMBAT, a satirical book chronicling the misadventures of a mostly well-intentioned Infantry soldier experiencing his second stint in the rocky land of Afghanistan. Curl up in a comfortable chair at home, you are probably stuck there anyway, and enjoy our hero flail around like an idiot. Witness him slog his way through Basic Training, plummet from perfectly good airplanes, fall down a mountain, get crotch-stung by a scorpion, and almost get blown to bits — all while attempting to stay married and make it home for the birth of his firstborn son.But wait, there’s more, for no additional fee, you will also get to meet the voices in our hero’s head and witness him attempt to lead a squad through the various rigors of combat. With characters like Sex Panther, Fish Tits, and Timmy haunting the pages the adventures write themselves. Well, not literally, the brilliant author wrote the stories after living (barely) through them.Anyway, to paraphrase the immortal words of John Lennon, “Give WOMBAT a chance.”

187 pages, Paperback

Published December 18, 2020