The Girl in Green - Derek B. Miller

Written by Derek B. Miller
Read by Will Damron
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: HighBridge
Release date: January 3, 2017
Duration: 12:22:18

A novel about two men on a misbegotten quest to save the girl they failed to save decades before

1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones in part to avoid his lackluster marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Arwood is a mid-western American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus, or might be a genuine lunatic with a death wish–it’s hard to tell.

Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared, but as they argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border in search of an ice cream, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress is killed as they are trying to protect her. The two men walk away into their respective lives. But something has cracked for them both.

A review—-Exploring the many different agencies, the political nightmare of trying to understand the many different cultures and the religious beliefs of each, Miller has invented two very unique and quite likable characters, Arrowood and Benson. When they first meet the Gulf War has ended, at least ended as far as the United States is concerned, now turning to a peace keeping role, but as far as the infighting between the different tribes are concerned, there is no peace. Arrowood Hobbs, a young private in his early twenties, is guarding the northernmost end of the American Zone, checkpoint Zulu, it is here he meets Benson, a journalist embedded with the army. Before the day is over a young boy will be saved and a young Iraqi girl in a green dress dead. This death will have serious effects on both of these men and their future lives.
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Twenty-two years later, in another place, in another war, they meet again and are offered an unlikely opportunity to redeem themselves when that same girl in green is found alive and in need of salvation. Or is she?

Another—–Is “The Girl in Green”, by Derek B. Miller, an action-paced thriller? Yes!
Is it a literary tour de force? Yes!
Is it timely? Yes!
Is it a satire? Yes!
Is it a farce? Yes!
Is it hilarious? Yes!
Is it heartbreaking? Yes!
Is it this Century’s “Catch 22″? Yes!

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This is a re-up of a previous torrent that I lost. This upload is straight Overdrive download and easier to replace if I again loose it. My apologize to those trying to download the first torrent…..