My name is Sergeant Jim Enyart (Veteran USMC). Back in 1991 I was
involved in the liberation of Kuwait, Operations Desert Shield and Storm, with
the United States Marine Corps. It was a very exciting time for me; I
felt it an honor to serve my fellow beings on the other side of the
world. It was also a significant milestone in my personal life. I
was away from my wife and little girl for a year. My little one hardly
knew who I was when I returned; she was not yet a year old when I left.
That was just part of the job, though, and I knew it. In my six years of
active duty, I served at ten bases around the world. However, the other
life-changing event is the reason I am writing to you now. I could use
your help.
While at war, one of my jobs was to provide special escort services. Late
one night, while traveling down a road, we came under attack. I had been
riding in the back of a five-ton military truck, but we had to leave it quickly
in order to take cover. I came down out of the back of that truck hard
and fast, with a full pack, vest, helmet, ammo, NBC gear, etc. It is
still a bit unclear to me exactly what happened next, but I have had a problem
with my back ever since then. Doctors have not been able to help me with
that. I have a rhomboid muscle that is in a semi-permanent state of
spasm. It contracts and then won't release.
I was able to complete my duties successfully, but not before I broke my
foot. During another time when things were just moving too fast, my foot
was jammed by the wheel of a heavy cart. The accident tore the articulated
cartilage of the metatarsal joint of my left foot (broke the joint on top of my
foot). I was no where near any medical services, so I had to complete my
tour without medical help. This caused me some permanent damage to my
foot. After the war I moved into some job assignments that were a bit
easier on my body, and I did finish my enlistment all the way with an honorable
discharge. After I got out, a civilian foot specialist was able to make
me a special orthotic device that I wear in special-fitting shoes, and that was
really a great thing to have. My other option was to have the doctor
remove some bone from my hip and insert it into my foot, thereby fusing the
joint solid--or using a cadaver joint to do the same. I am not excited
about either option. However--some great news--I was recently told by a
foot surgeon that I could get the joint replaced with a titanium joint, or go
through a procedure that may or may not stimulate new cartilage growth.
Perhaps you can see my dilemma. I am not comfortable with government
doctors working on me anymore, and they don't have the most progressive procedures available to them. I have a couple of other injuries that
were actually made worse by military doctors. So, I am on my own
here. My employment does not offer me affordable health insurance, and I
am now a single father to four children at home yet. I don't like the
idea of something for nothing, so I decided to offer my novel to you in the
hopes that any sales I may get will go toward the surgery that I need. My
foot has continued to get worse, and I am afraid I can't put off surgery for
very much longer.
The Aftermath is a novel I wrote largely for its therapeutic effect. It
felt good to get some of my thoughts and experiences on paper. It was a
way of dealing with a lot of pent-up energy after having gone through some
really crazy things. The story is fiction, but some of the people and
scenarios are from my life. In the novel, Sam, on a reconnaissance
mission in the Persian Gulf, killed three men whom he was later told were
friendly. Nearly a year after Sam's abrupt return to civilian life, and
still wracked with guilt and paranoia, Sam and his six-year old daughter find
themselves stranded in the snowy Wyoming countryside where they must survive
not only the elements, but deadly assailants as well. Along the way, Sam
runs into two women who are also on the run: a woman bent on personal revenge
after a second rape attempt against her, and a young Mexican woman who
witnessed the killing of her brother and father. Everyone is either hunting or
being hunted, and sometimes both. As each person moves in and out of each
other's lives, they must learn to admit to and deal with their own limitations
in order to overcome their trials.
I hope you enjoy the story. I have made it very inexpensive as an electronic
book (read on your computer, or you can print it out) so you can read it
without concern for cost. The writing is competent, as I have taught Composition in college, and my last book, a how-to eulogies book, sold in 14 countries. I will include that book here for no extra charge with a purchase of the novel.
If you are responsible for giving a eulogy for one of my brothers at arms, please email me and I would be happy to send you my free eulogy book regardless of the novel purchase.
Jim
Price $5.25
Your support is greatly appreciated.
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