Review: OK, author has potential.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
I think this author has potential.  The plot was good and I did feel that the setting in Afghanistan had a very accurate feel.  It does have some things to recommend it and I liked it for the most part.  There  was a quite a bit of 'telling' in the book and it didn't have a smooth flow to it.  Some of the reviewers were quite upset about the way that moral issues were portrayed in the book. I think it is probably fairly accurate for a battlefield and probably even quite mild.  They are not portrayed overly graphically and they tend to show the downside of them, except for the last instance that takes place.  I think this book is OK, but if you get offended by characters sinning and not always having bad results from it, you won't like this book.  If you like books where the characters grow and change and offer grace to others, you will probably like it.