"Hicks doesn't stint on his portrayal of the horrors of war - both in terms of the carnage and the mental anguish that troops suffer in battle. This isn't a whodunit but an exploration of the evil of which men, individually and collectively, are capable."--Publishers Weekly, Oct. 7, 2013 "Oscendale himself is a miracle of novel portraiture. By turns brave, terrified, traumatized, and confliced."--Myster Scene Mag. Winter 2014