Manuscript placed as a quarter finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest 2013. Some of the Judges comments:

– There is a love story here, a theme of redemption and gratefulness. The plot gives the story some heart-pounding thrills, based on real events that are happening in Syria right now. The author has succeeded in introducing political suspense into this story that many who have seen action in Iraq (like I have) can appreciate and relate to. This story should appeal to a wide generation of readers.

– The idea is very timely.

– The war scene was very vivid. PTSD is a very real problem and more needs to be written about it.