In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger
created "a wild ride that brilliantly captures the awesome power of
the raging sea and the often futile attempts of humans to withstand
it". Now, he turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality
of combat—the fear, the honor and the trust among men in an extreme
situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to
one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon
through a 15 month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in
Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
