On the phone Hugh had said, “I’ve got something you have to see to believe. Get yourself out here.”

One year after retiring as a Master Sergeant in the 75th Rangers, this was Roman Keane’s idea of the perfect way to spend his time: jump on a motorcycle and ride from Georgia to South Dakota to see his old friend, Hugh Early. Hugh had once been Roman’s sniper instructor and was now an internationally respected historian of military arms.

Historians, of all people, should know that the past you thought was dead and gone has a way of rising up to finish what it started.

So, they still didn’t manage to tell us what the story is about.

Following the Civil War, Zac Trimbell knows he is no longer the same man as when he left. Fighting the internal demons brought on from his experiences in the violent and inhuman conditions of war he soon learns that he suffers from PTSD.

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Which is impressive, as the diagnosis term “post-traumatic stress disorder” wasn’t used until 1978.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) has been described variously as the successor to Edgar Allan Poe, a master of the Gothic horror tale, and one of the father of modern supernatural fantasy fiction. Published originally in pulp magazines, his works hav

That’s it. That’s where the description cuts off. It’s like it was written by a Lovecraftian protagonist itself.

The story begins with an episode that occurred in 1974. When Tom Bross (age 12) experiences a sudden move from Davis to San Anselmo to live with their God Family. Just two months later they move back to Davis with no place to live. His brother and sisters are dropped off at their friend’s houses. Tom ends up in the garage of one of his mother’s ex-lovers. It’s from this dreary location that he recalls his family’s truly strange transition.

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I haven’t looked inside to see if the random bolding is there, too.