Iraqui Freedom Reads or what I read in the desert.
Explore the books that shaped my journey in the Iraqi desert. Discover gripping reads on freedom, war, and survival—essential titles for anyone intrigued by desert warfare and personal resilience.
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Born Bad
by Andrew Vachss
From a writer whose novels have been acclaimed for their unflinching exploration of evil comes a brilliant collection of short stories—some never before published—that distill dread back down to its essence—and inject it straight into the reader's back brain. Andrew Vachss might have scissored his characters from today's headlines: a stalker prowling around an anonymous high-rise; a serial killer whose transgressions reflect a childhood of hideous abuse; an inner-city gunman who is willing to take out a blockful of victims in order to win a moment of acceptance. Tautly written and endowed with murderous ironic spin, Born Bad plunges us into the hell that lies just outside our bedroom windows.
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Everybody Pays
by Andrew Vachss
From neo-noir master Vachss comes a second collection of stories following the success of "Born Bad"--street-grit prose that has earned him comparisons to Chandler, Cain and Hammett.
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Akira
by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Science fiction tale of 2019 Tokyo after it's destruction in World War III, following the lives of two teenagers, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who must deal with the monstrous consuming power -- Akira.
