THE SURGE
Engine Books (2019) After he was wounded in Afghanistan, Larry Chandler is sent to Iraq to lead underprepared National Guardsmen during the 2007 troop surge. When his unit is assigned a dangerous mission, Chandler must confront his past in a bid to bring his soldiers home alive. Inspired by his deployments, Adam Kovac's debut novel reveals the human cost of war. "The Surge is a ready-made classic and deserves to be ranked alongside the war fiction of Hemingway, Mailer, and O'Brien." - David Abrams, author of Brave Deeds and Fobbit "In this remarkable debut, Adam Kovac has not only produced a vivid and compelling story about the reality of war, he's somehow conjured an allegory for where we are in American history." - Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man "Readers will come away from this book shaken, mad, stunned." - Eric Shonkwiler, author of Above All Men and Moon Up, Past Full |
