1–What is the title of your latest release? THIS TROUBLED GROUND 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The war in Afghanistan impacted Americans in profound ways, yet only a small percentage of Americans know what it’s like to be there, fight there, come home from there, and then live the rest of their lives wondering if their service made a difference. This Troubled Ground goes there—to the cold, dark, and heartbreaking tarmac at Dover AirForce Base, to the Kabul newsrooms, to briefing rooms, and to the deadly battlefields in their many forms across Afghanistan. Inspired by true events, this book follows a haunting, sometimes uplifting but ultimately tragic journey into war through the eyes of an Air Force officer searching for meaning as his path intersects with a mother’s desperate quest to find hope after her son is killed serving with the US Marines in Afghanistan. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The novel is set in the two places that most profoundly impacted my military career – Dover AFB and Kabul, Afghanistan 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I don’t know. He seems like an okay dude….