The Farther Shore Author: In 1993, the battle of Mogadishu was the most intense combat Americans had engaged in since Vietnam. In this adrenaline-filled debut novel, Matthew Eck puts readers inside the mind of a young man caught in the fog of unexpected attack. — When a small unit of soldiers from the U.S. Army is separated from their command and left for dead, their only... more » option is to keep moving, in hope that they will escape the marauding gangs and clansmen who appear to rule the city. After a series of horrifying, often violent encounters along the way, only a few of them survive. In this short war novel, the characters, both natives and invaders alike, are haunting?almost inhuman?and the emerging story reflects a new kind of military engagement, with all the attendant horrors and difficulties.« less