Scars & Strife

<p>This poignant narrative sheds light on the complexities of returning home from war and the power of resilience. <strong>-Melissa Melendez California State Senator (Ret.) Navy Veteran</strong></p><p><span>???</span>I've not read a debut this confident in a long long time.<strong>-Tod Goldberg <em>New York Times</em> Best-Selling Author of the <em>Gangsterland </em>Quartet</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>First 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.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>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.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>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.</span></p>