Kirjahaku

War - What happens to the soldiers who fight them? Do they just go home and ride off into the sunset? Do they return to their families and a normal life? Or do they have an internal war? Trying to come to terms with what happened to them and their buddies in a war that no one wanted. Scars made not only outside but inside. Called baby killer, murderer and so many others vile names. Ignored and sometimes abused by the very system they gave their oath and sometimes their lives to protect. Lt. Colonel Jackson MacKenzie is one of those men. He gave all on many occasions and nearly gave his life to honor his oath and the men with which he served in Korea and Vietnam. Only to be betrayed by those above him. Those who know the truth but refuse to come forward. Honor, Duty, Country, Loyalty aren't just words to him. They are his life. His problem, does he follow his heart and stand by his duty or disappear into his mind and let his demons take over? His other choice, live the rest of his life as a simple cowboy hiding out on a cattle ranch in Montana? It is a decision both hard and easy. And one he has to make or lose himself entirely.

Danger lurks in the shadows, an unseen threat poised to strike at Colonel Jackson MacKenzie, his friends, and the heart of the American way of life. Once a decorated soldier, MacKenzie's world was torn apart when a betrayal cost him his honor, his career, and his freedom. Now disgraced and living in the margins, he struggles to rebuild the pieces of his life while grappling with the ghosts of his past. But when a sinister conspiracy surfaces, endangering everything he holds dear, MacKenzie finds himself pulled back into a fight he didn't choose but cannot ignore. His friends are counting on him, his country needs him, and his own survival hangs in the balance. With enemies lurking around every corner and the lines between loyalty and betrayal blurring, MacKenzie must summon every ounce of courage to unravel the truth. As the stakes climb higher and the real traitor tightens their grip, MacKenzie faces an impossible choice: sacrifice his freedom or risk losing everything he's fought to protect. Now, he must put everything on the line-his life, his freedom, and his trust-to protect his friends, his country, and himself. Will he reclaim the honor stolen from him and save the people he loves, or will the forces conspiring against him destroy his world once and for all?

Duty. Honor. Country. The motto by which Major Harry Russell lived as a United States Army Special Forces officer. How does he move forward when his entire life has been turned on its head? Everything Harry worked toward all his life is gone. Gone like his foot in a nighttime mortar attack. Gone like his career since the Army kicked him out as worthless dead weight. Gone like his friends, missing on a secret mission. All he has now is himself. And as a Vietnam veteran, that may not be enough.

USMC Camp Pendleton, 1951. Jackson Joseph MacKenzie, a seventeen-year-old with a calling, enlists in the US Army. He finds himself hip-deep in the muddy trenches, machine gun nests, human wave attacks, and artillery barrages in the Korean War. Does he have the resiliency to keep moving toward his dream after watching his friends die? Is he a leader or a follower? Will he fold under pressure? Or rise to the top? Questions he must answer before reaching for that coveted prize, an appointment to West Point.

Jackson MacKenzie's life is about to change. After retiring a second time, the Marine Corps general takes his wife on an ocean adventure as a homecoming to renew their marriage vows. But he never expected what would happen next. He finds himself hip-deep in international intrigue. Who is after him? The Russian GRU, the FSB, maybe even someone closer to home. Will he be able to save his family, his friends, and himself? Or will the villains defeat him in the end? And he joins the fallen at Arlington.