Twenty-Three

By Richard Kelley

An American soldier in Iraq discovers there is more than one enemy in combat. Faced with battling boredom, loneliness and a set of rules that do not make sense anywhere else, one soldier struggles to serve their time and return home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Mar 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491725863

Richard Kelley

Richard Kelley has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History. This is Richard’s second book. Richard’s first book, “Twenty-Three” is based on personal experiences as an Intelligence Analyst in the United States Army.

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