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Battle Born - Lapis Lazuli (Hardcover)
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Battle Born - Lapis Lazuli (Hardcover)
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From the bestselling author of The White Donkey, a heartbreaking
and visceral graphic novel set against the stark beauty of
Afghanistan's mountain villages that examines prejudice and the
military remnants of colonialism. In this hotly anticipatednew work
from Maximilian Uriarte, creator of the popular Terminal Lance
comics and The White Donkey, tells a thrillingly cinematic
(Publishers Weekly) story of the personal cost of war and the power
of human connection. Lapis Lazuli is a rich blue semiprecious
gemstone found deep in the Sar-i-sang mountains of Afghanistan's
Badakhshan province. For thousands of years it has sustained the
nearby mining villages, whose inhabitants lived peacefully in the
mountainous landscape--until the Taliban, known in the region as
the Horsemen, came to seek the riches stored deep beneath the
earth. Taliban rule has turned the stone into a conflict mineral,
as they steal and sell it for their own gain. At the behest of the
fledgling Afghan government, seeking to wrest back control of the
province, United States Marines are sent into the mountains. A
platoon led by their eager and naive commander, First Lieutenant
Roberts, and a stoic, fierce squad leader, Sergeant King, must
overcome barriers of language and culture in this remote region to
win the locals' trust, and their freedom from Taliban rule. Along
the way, they must also wrestle with their demons--and face
unimaginably difficult choices. A sweeping yet intimate story about
brutality, kindness, and the remnants of colonialism, Battle Born:
Lapis Lazuli is an epic saga from the voice of a new generation of
military veterans.
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