Description:COLLISIONS is is AFN Clarke's first work of fiction after his bestselling nonfiction book, "CONTACT". The story centers around David Trowse, who is close to the edge of death and to losing his mind. In the process of convalescence, he tries to ravel together fragments from his past - civilian and military - to revive old interests, old acquaintances and find the common thread of his life again. But the fragments from the past obstinately refuse to fit and the pattern that ought to emerge keeps lurching alarmingly into nightmare, the contradictions rushing together in a series of increasingly violent collisions.This is a both fascinating and disturbing book, a look inside the mind of a well trained killer who is also a creative, caring, soulful individual who has undergone violent, traumatic, life-threatening and heart-wrenching experiences, and is trying to find his mental, emotional and spiritual center again. For adult readers only.COLLISIONS draws on AFN Clarke's near death experiences after being medevacced from Crossmaglen to a Military Hospital in Belfast at the end of his second tour as a Platoon Commander with Britain's elite Parachute Regiment during "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, and then undergoing a series of life saving surgeries the following year. It sheds light on similar PTSD experiences of many in our armed forces. Readers beware - the violence is graphic as is the language frank - but the authenticity of the experience requires it, requires the reader to "enter the mouth of the dragon" and feel the fire within.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Collisions. To get started finding Collisions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: COLLISIONS is is AFN Clarke's first work of fiction after his bestselling nonfiction book, "CONTACT". The story centers around David Trowse, who is close to the edge of death and to losing his mind. In the process of convalescence, he tries to ravel together fragments from his past - civilian and military - to revive old interests, old acquaintances and find the common thread of his life again. But the fragments from the past obstinately refuse to fit and the pattern that ought to emerge keeps lurching alarmingly into nightmare, the contradictions rushing together in a series of increasingly violent collisions.This is a both fascinating and disturbing book, a look inside the mind of a well trained killer who is also a creative, caring, soulful individual who has undergone violent, traumatic, life-threatening and heart-wrenching experiences, and is trying to find his mental, emotional and spiritual center again. For adult readers only.COLLISIONS draws on AFN Clarke's near death experiences after being medevacced from Crossmaglen to a Military Hospital in Belfast at the end of his second tour as a Platoon Commander with Britain's elite Parachute Regiment during "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, and then undergoing a series of life saving surgeries the following year. It sheds light on similar PTSD experiences of many in our armed forces. Readers beware - the violence is graphic as is the language frank - but the authenticity of the experience requires it, requires the reader to "enter the mouth of the dragon" and feel the fire within.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Collisions. To get started finding Collisions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.