Water in Darkness

"Buckman has that power that few writers have, not just to describe but to really make us feel the pain and the joy of this extraordinary life. This book puts Buckman up there with the big names."—Gerry Nicosia, author of Home to War

"This book should carry an R-rating for violence, language, and sexual situations, but unlike the average movie, it earns these elements. . . ."—Publishers Weekly

A young soldier in the 1990s returns home to discover the same frustrated America that had forced him into the Army. Jack Tyne drifts to Chicago, where he meets a dispossessed veteran, who becomes a surrogate father to him, pulling him into the dark heart of a violent national culture.