The Temple Guardian
Description:... Michael Stark, 55, is a survivor of Vietnam. Every day is a struggle for Michael not to slip back into the combat zone, while nightmares propel him nearer to those old mindsets. Using prose and poetry, and set in often idyllic places in Florida and 1968 Vietnam, The Temple Guardian alternates between confusion, rage, love, and hate as Michael attempts to escape from his past. Intense and earthy passions play out, conflicts regarding revenge arise. Michael's daughter is highly important to him, as is his neighbor, Norma, with whom he is struggling to develop a relationship. Norma also has war demons due to her ex-husband's PTSD from the First Gulf War. Readers will gasp at some scenes in The Temple Guardian, be repulsed by the horror of Michael's war, weep and then cheer during others, but will never know exactly where this remarkable story will turn next.
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