You are never alone, not ever.
Lying in the sand of the vast Arabian Desert one night, his vehicle wrecked, the 23-year-old soldier could have used the comfort. He had never been so far from home. He had never felt so uncertain. Still, amid the darkness, he imagined something better. It was a traumatic time but also a turning point, he said. I internalized the fact that life is short, and I promised to make the most of mine.
He promised to become a writer.
Thirty years after Operation Desert Storm brought him to Iraq with the U.S. Army, the Somerset father of four has fulfilled his promise again and again. He is not only a writer, but the published author of about two-dozen books, among them award winners and popular sellers.