Eleven DaysPowerful and lean, Eleven Days is an astonishing first novel full of suspense that addresses our most basic questions about war as it tells of the love between a mother and her son. When the story opens on May 11, 2011, Sara s son, Jason, has been missing for nine days from a Special Operations Forces mission on the same night as the Bin Ladenraid. Smart, young, and bohemian, Sara had dreams of an Ivy League university for Jason that were not out of reach, followed by a job on the Hill where there were connections through his father. The events of 9/11 changed Jason s mind and Sara accepted that, steeping herself in all things military to better understand her son s days, while she works as a freelance editor for Washington policy makers and wonks. |
Contents
Athens for Sparta | 24 |
Close Quarters Combat | 52 |
Myrrh | 155 |
Heaven | 173 |
Valentine | 201 |
Casus Belli | 212 |
End Ex | 232 |
Armistice | 251 |
Acknowledgments | 263 |