Orion

Orion

When I begin to scream, I canâ€™t stop. Death isnâ€™t romantic, like itâ€™s often portrayed in novels and movies, itâ€™s grotesque and dirty. It cares nothing for mercy. There is only blinding agony. My body is on fire. I am shredded as Iâ€™m swallowed into a burning sun. The medic says, â€œIâ€™m going to give you a shot of morphine.â€
I watch as the roof of the chopper melts over me, drowning me in molten steel, filling my mouth, pouring through my lungs, until I am consumed.
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Itâ€™s madness. It doesnâ€™t ever stop. They donâ€™t ever stop. Even during a ceasefire, maybe especially during a ceasefire, because it shreds you even more. Because then itâ€™s quiet. You can hear the ghosts whisper and the injured cry. The innocent scream. And you know you can never save them all.
When U.S. Marine Corp Sgt. Orion MacKinnon loses both his legs in the bloody sands of Afghanistan, he forsakes his soul along with them. After retiring to a remote location in the snowy mountains of Alaska with his Special Forces canine companionâ€”a German Shepherd named Zeusâ€”the broken, wounded warrior becomes a recluse and vows never to wear the prosthetic legs he keeps buried out of sightâ€¦ until a lone hiker becomes trapped beneath an avalanche on his mountain.
The woman Orion calls Hope canâ€™t recall a shred of her former life. As he tends to her wounds she slowly begins to unravel the tight seclusion he has wrapped around himself.
She canâ€™t remember her past. He only wants to forget his.
Country USA
Manufacturer Wilding House Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-11-06
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Wilding House Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-11-06
Format	Kindle eBook

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