{"product_id":"along-the-watchtower-9781622534401","title":"Along the Watchtower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA tragic warrior lost in two worlds... Which one will he choose?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER: \u003c\/strong\u003e Readers' Favorite Book Award - Bronze Medal - Fiction Drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER: \u003c\/strong\u003e Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Literary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war in Iraq ended for Freddie when an IED explosion left his mind and body shattered. Once a skilled gamer as well as a capable soldier, he's now a broken warrior, emerging from a medically induced coma to discover he's inhabiting two separate realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first is his waking world of pain, family trials, and remorse--and slow rehabilitation through the tender care of Becky, his physical therapist. The second is a dark fantasy realm of quests, demons, and magic, which Freddie enters when he sleeps. The lines soon blur for Freddie, not just caught between two worlds, but lost within himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs he Lieutenant Freddie Williams, a leader of men, a proud officer in the US Army who has suffered such egregious injury and loss? Or is he Frederick, Prince of Stormwind, who must make sense of his horrific visions in order to save his embattled kingdom from the monstrous Horde, his only solace the beautiful gardener, Rebecca, whose gentle words calm the storms in his soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the conscious world, the severely wounded vet faces a strangely similar and equally perilous mission to that of the prince--a journey along a dark road, haunted by demons of guilt and memory. Can he let patient, loving Becky into his damaged and shuttered heart? It may be his only way back from Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a book that deserves to be read. It is both gritty reality and magical fantasy, and filled with both love and beauty, and ugliness and despair, but ultimately it is a story of healing, of burying the past, finding hope and taking control of the future.\" \u003cem\u003eAwesome Indies Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvolved Publishing presents a literary journey exploring the physical and psychological depths of trauma caused by war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooks by David Litwack: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlong the Watchtower\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Daughter of the Sea and the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Children of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (The Seekers - Book 1)\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Stuff of Stars\u003c\/em\u003e (The Seekers - Book 2)\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Light of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e (The Seekers - Book 3)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore Great Literary Fiction from Evolved Publishing: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEnfold Me\u003c\/em\u003e by Steven Greenberg\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRed Clay, Yellow Grass: A Novel of the 1960s\u003c\/em\u003e by Richard Barager\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBehind the Open Walls\u003c\/em\u003e by Lanette Kauten\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Evolved Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781622534401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"David Litwack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38017109164213,"sku":"9781622534401","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b4eaf45-b6b2-488e-a9bd-e2daf1441260.jpg?v=1609162939","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/along-the-watchtower-9781622534401","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}