Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War — Charles Sheehan-Miles

In the spring of 1991, nineteen-year-old Chet Brown arrived home from the Gulf War. Yellow ribbons were everywhere, families were reunited, and the nation breathed a sigh of relief at the quick and painless victory over Iraqi forces.

 

But for Chet Brown, that victory was neither painless nor easy. Troubled by rage he can't explain and nightmares he can't stop, he finds himself moving through a world where little makes sense anymore. 

 

When the people he depended on the most turn their back on him, Chet travels across the country in search of meaning behind the horrors of his war.