Scars & Strife

This poignant narrative sheds light on the complexities of returning home from war and the power of resilience. -Melissa Melendez California State Senator (Ret.) Navy Veteran???I've not read a debut this confident in a long long time.-Tod Goldberg New York Times Best-Selling Author of the Gangsterland QuartetFirst Sergeant John Randall Randy Andrews a gutsy Army Ranger is a hero among his brothers in arms. But the Purple Hearts and Silver Stars he earned came at a great personal cost. Now plagued by PTSD Randy returns home after thirteen combat tours to an emotionally distant wife and their two sons-one of them a toddler he's never met.Struggling to piece his life together Randy finds himself in handcuffs. And when the court-mandated VA counseling doesn't help he embarks on a trip to Mexico trying to escape his demons. There during an unexpected encounter in a seedy tourist bar he finds a possible road to redemption when he forms a connection with Matilda a mountain lion kept in a cage as a tourist attraction.So begins his journey back from the brink as he rediscovers something he learned on the battlefield: that sometimes one must cross a line in order to save someone . . . perhaps even himself.