To Be A Rose

By Edmund B. Mason

Book Overview

It is 2005 and Ed, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, has been hired as a Senior Logistics Expert to work with the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense as an advisor and mentor to two senior Afghan officers. However, soon aft er Ed has settled into his new working routine, he finds himself being tended to in a treatment area just outside of Kabul and trapped in an eight-week dream. What follows is a straightforward and powerful novel of one man's experiences in Afghanistan and how his personal battle to survive changes his life forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DWDXTCV1
• ISBN13: 9798893894349
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Arpress
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A fictionalized yet inspired account of the daily military life

The war on Afghanistan still rages, and E. B. Mason brings readers a fictionalized yet inspired account of the daily military life. "To Be a Rose" follows a retired Air Force man named Ed, serving as a defense consultant to Afghanistan's new government. Faced with possible death, he begins to recount his experiences as a medical staff stays by his side. "To Be a Rose" is a nice fictionalized view of the Afghanistan conflict, recommended.