LAST WHISPERS OF WAR: An American Soldier and an ISIS Terrorist Alone in the Desert by Neal Bogosian

THE SEARING, CONTROVERSIAL NOVEL WITH A DYSTOPIAN FINISH, DESTINED TO ELICIT THOUGHTS OF A BETTER WORLD, AND QUESTION OUR REALITY.

IT IS MIDDAY IN THE SYRIAN DESERT when a horrific blast rips through the perimeter. Before the explosion, an American soldier was face-to-face with an Islamic terrorist insurgent. Both had their guns drawn and were seconds away from pulling their triggers. The two men were on the outer wake of the blast. When the smoke clears, amidst a rain of human ash, they find themselves face-to-face again, only this time…they are alone in the desert.

THEY MOVE TOWARD THEIR INEVITABLE FUTURE, ONE THAT IS ALSO OUR OWN.

Narrated from the future through a journal left by the two men…Last Whispers of War details their profound journey through the desert, with little water, few resources, and bitter cultural-religious dissent. The novel explores the extremes of the human condition that exist in us all, our misconceptions, relative differences, and the best that we are capable of: peace and harmony. In their turbulent trek the men are haunted by their lives away from war, while mystery engulfs them. Their inner and outer worlds drastically change, and cosmic events offer clues to what awaits them at the end of the desert.

THIS IS A STORY OF PEACE, IN A TIME OF CONFLICT…AND THESE TWO MEN ARE THE LAST REMNANTS OF WAR, FOR WAR NO LONGER HAS A PLACE AMONG HUMANITY.