At The Corner of Mercy and Grace - Couverture souple

Conner, Rick

 
9780595332069: At The Corner of Mercy and Grace
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595332064 ISBN 13 : 9780595332069
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

Harold Langley, a highly decorated Marine, returns from Vietnam with the war still raging inside his mind. The flashbacks, nightmares and battle scenes become a daily ritual that he fights and attempts to control.Early one morning, he crossed over the line between Vietnam and insanity, declaring war on society. The thrill of combat returned as he methodically stuffed a pistol, tape, and knife in to a bag and walked out the door to establish his new identity: starker, robber, and abductor.He returns to his wife and children and resumes a normal life with little memory of his crimes. By day, he portrays a polished Marine, respected, honored, and admired by the Corps with rows of combat medals, but by night he is transformed into a renegade, dousing his body with drugs and alcohol to deal with the memories.He stands in his office and discusses headlines of his crimes with friends with distaste for the coward who would do such a thing. They have no idea that the predator they're reading about in the newspaper is standing in their midst.The war suddenly ends when the God of Mercy and Grace intervenes with a surprising twist of events that launch him into a new war for his soul and his eternal destiny.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Harold Langley, a highly decorated Marine, returns from Vietnam with the war still raging inside his mind. The flashbacks, nightmares and battle scenes become a daily ritual that he fights and attempts to control.Early one morning, he crossed over the line between Vietnam and insanity, declaring war on society. The thrill of combat returned as he methodically stuffed a pistol, tape, and knife in to a bag and walked out the door to establish his new identity: starker, robber, and abductor.He returns to his wife and children and resumes a normal life with little memory of his crimes. By day, he portrays a polished Marine, respected, honored, and admired by the Corps with rows of combat medals, but by night he is transformed into a renegade, dousing his body with drugs and alcohol to deal with the memories.He stands in his office and discusses headlines of his crimes with friends with distaste for the coward who would do such a thing. They have no idea that the predator they're reading about in the newspaper is standing in their midst.The war suddenly ends when the God of Mercy and Grace intervenes with a surprising twist of events that launch him into a new war for his soul and his eternal destiny.

Biographie de l'auteur

Rick Conner is the prison outreach minister to several correctional facilities in Central Virginia. In 1999, he was inspired to write a series (From Crime to Christ) on former inmates who have succeeded in life. His first book A Prisoner of Hope, was followed in 2002 with Beyond The Razor Wire. In the Fall of 2005, the next book will be available, She?s Killing Us Softly.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595332064
ISBN 13 
9780595332069
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
242
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