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A Soldier's Son
Jack Estes, author
In 1968 Mike Kelly's chopper is shot down at night over the jungles of Vietnam. The crew is dead. Most of his team is dead and the enemy is approaching and Mike makes a life altering decision. Today, it is 2004 and Mike is a successful author and writes for the local newspaper. He lives in a big house on the lake with his wife Claire, 20 year old daughter Madie and 18 year old son Mick. But he is still haunted by the war. The fighting in Iraq has begun, which triggers Mike's memories. His ptsd symptoms are up and his wife is demanding he receive treatment at the veterans hospital and get back on medication. His daughter feels unloved and Mick is tired of Mike trying to control his life. His world implodes when Mick disobeys him and joins the marines with his best friend Griff, and is sent to Iraq. Distraught and delusional, Mike travels to Iraq as an embedded reporter, in a desperate attempt to save his son.
Reviews
Karl Marlantes author of "Matterhorn"

"All veterans and their loved ones should read this story of a fathers love, loss, and personal courage, both at home and at war."

Kirkus Reviews

"Estes skillfully presents the effect of war on families both in the moment and decades later. His characters are rich and complex. Battle scenes are vividly drawn, keeping the reader caught up in the action. A complex novel of the past and future, fathers and sons, and war and redemption, and the devastating impact of large scale violence on both the perpetrators and the victims." 

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