Dust Between Us

<p><em><strong>Dust Between Us</strong></em><br><strong>A Novel by Gary Botkin</strong></p><p><strong>War tested his body. Distance tested their love. But silence threatened to destroy it all.</strong></p><p>Staff Sergeant Michael Rivers returns from Syria not in a body bag but not quite whole either. Haunted by loss and scarred by survival he steps back into a world that feels more foreign than any battlefield he's faced. At home in Ohio Emily Rivers has fought her own war-raising two children alone while wondering if her husband would ever truly return.</p><p>Through fractured letters unsent confessions and the quiet spaces between words <em>Dust Between Us</em> explores what it means to survive not just war but the fragile everyday moments that come after. This gripping novel is a story of trauma resilience and the enduring power of love in the aftermath of destruction.</p><p><strong>Sometimes the longest journey is the one back home.</strong></p>