Elliot Ackerman, a five-time veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, channels his debut novel through the voice and vision of a young Afghan orphan whose circumstances push him to join up with Americans fighting the Taliban. Dark but richly nuanced, this novel examines the painful choices facing civilians who live in war zones. (Review from CSMonitor.com site, 3/23/15)
(Scribner, 256 pp.)
