From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all, but after twelve years together the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts and an unexpected deployment tears their already fragile family apart. An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war on a single American family, this novel is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honor, loss, forgiveness, and the elusive nature of love.