According to the book description of Black Walls Turn Gray,
"combat veteran Brad Jones is a novel about the consequences of modern warfare
and the struggles that soldiers face when readjusting to civilian life. Young,
fit, and from a military family, Corporal Quince Magowan sees serving his
country as his patriotic duty. Unfortunately, fighting in his generation's war
proves to be more than just a physical battle. With the enemy blending into both
the shadows and the crowds in Afghanistan, Quince and his fellow Marines never
have a warning of when or where the danger will appear.
When he returns home to his wife and young daughter, Quince finds that he has
lost more than his sense of security. Though he is healthy by all appearances,
darkness has trapped him in a painful prison, and he doesn't believe that anyone
can understand his mental anguish. He is reluctant to admit to his struggles,
but his tough yet compassionate father (who is a veteran of the Vietnam War)
persuades him to seek treatment at the Lexington VA hospital, where doctors tell
him he has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Quince finds that the path
to healing is complicated and difficult, but is supported through this journey
by those he loves.
This is a compelling story of filial and romantic love, of friendship, duty and
heroism, and of America's challenges in treating its veterans for the invisible
wounds of modern warfare. Author and Afghanistan veteran Brad Jones brings this
great American dilemma home in Black Walls Turn Gray, his first published
novel."
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