Harry's War
by Ed BenjaminPublish: Jan 24, 2012Thriller Action & Adventure Literary FictionBook Overview
“Will Harry survive?”This is the story of a warrior – a warrior victorious in battle but dealing with life in peace!
It tells how a man wins a great victory in combat, and then loses life as he knows it as a result.
For Harry, being a fighter pilot and flying the F-15C fighter plane on Combat Air Patrol over the Iraq-Iran border was the epitome of success. After his wing man is shot down, he finds he must test his abilities and training when faced with overwhelming odds yet decides to engage his enemies in air-to-air combat against overwhelming odds.
As Harry figures out how to deal with incoming state-of-the-art Su-27 Iranian fighters; any have described this story as the best description of air-to-air combat they have read. Many have commented this book places them in the cockpit of a United States fighter jet in air combat; this is essentially the story of the air battle to end all all battles and the human consequences of that battle.
In the aftermath, Harry discovers he must dig deep to learn how to fight and survive in the battlegrounds of life. . . Will he?
In this story, Harry faces the most difficult demons of his life. It is a personal war with demons from a deep past haunting him and some nice newly minted demons resulting from the glory of survival.
This story provides a short description of a warrior’s fall and poses questions and delivers a great moral story.
The questions are “Will Harry survive?” and/or, more importantly, “Will Harry prevail?”
The author is finishing up another story about Harry and it will be up to the reader can look forward to“Redemption.”
The author hopes, if you decide to purchase and read, you will appreciate the broken warrior. Not just Harry, but the thousands and thousands of veterans who have served our country faithfully and are dealing with their own issues. Though their travail, they all remain proud of the service they provided their country. They are the true warriors. We continue to pray they will not merely survive but will prevail. We owe them that much and more!
