{ "item_title" : "A Crooked Path", "item_author" : [" Robert a. Gallinger "], "item_description" : "A Crooked Path is an absorbing love-and-war suspense adventure that explores the dire consequences of a hate that destroys and a boundless love that endures.In his youth, a mean-spirited stepfather teaches Vladimir Antonovich that the only way to succeed in life is to be a good fighter. Vladimir’s early years are filled with fights and the brutality of the stepfather. At the age of eighteen, he is drafted into the Soviet Army. He swears he will kill his stepfather someday, once the Army teaches him how.He faces a new brutality at the Course of the Young Soldier, but survives that, and is selected to attend an Airborne College, where he is commissioned a first lieutenant. Later, he marries Aleksandra and they have a son, Dimitri. As he progresses in his Army career, he begins to drink excessively, but eventually overcomes that with the love of his family. Still, the hate for his stepfather burns.Years later, in 1980, Vladimir is given a special assignment to Afghanistan, where he must assassinate a Mujahedin leader and his wife. Traveling high into the Hindu Kush Mountains, he and his men find the hideout of the Mujahedin. Most of his men are killed and he is captured, but finally escapes to complete the mission. Wounded, he returns home a hero. Images of his youth flash. He visits his stepfather one last time. They drink and argue. His brain aflame with the abuses from the past, he must now decide if he should kill the old man, or simply walk away from the hate burning within himself, and return home to Aleksandra and his son, where love and a bright military career await him.About the AuthorRobert A. Gallinger served over forty years in the Army and as a Department of the Army and National Security Agency civil servant. He was posted to Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, and served twice in Vietnam. He has published seven novels, which include, No time to Die, Suffer the Fool, Deadly Encounters, A Crooked Path, Dead Light, A Debt of honor, and Whispers. He resides with his wife, Renate, in Mobile, Alabama where he is retired a little and writing a lot.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/59/521/095/0595210953_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "15.95", "online_price" : "15.95", "our_price" : "15.95", "club_price" : "15.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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