Love, Death and Life After

By Michael Mann

Matt's decisions are to help his family.
So when he joined the military it was for his family.
He loved his wife, Heather and their family unconditionally, even when life takes a turn
That will leave the family struggling and forced to band together to form a unified team.
Will Matt struggle to stay focused, or will Heather need to use force?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Mann
• Release date: Jul 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005635138

Michael Mann

Michael Mann is a world-renowned director, screenwriter, producer, and one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. Mann has written and directed award-winning television movies and series (including Miami Vice and Crime Story) and feature films including Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider, Ali, and Miami Vice. He has produced numerous feature films, including Academy Award-winner The Aviator (directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett) and directed several commercially successful, critically acclaimed projects including the feature film Collateral (starring Tom Cruise) and the pilot for the HBO series Luck (starring Dustin Hoffman). Mann has won many prestigious awards, including a BAFTA for Best Film (The Aviator), a Golden Globe for Best Picture/Drama (The Aviator), and an NBR Award for Best Director (Collateral). Mann lives in Los Angeles.

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Love, Death and Life After © 2020 Michael S Mann

Originally written for: Never Say Goodbye Anthology.

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Individual story cover by Michael Mann and Cindy Mann

Editor and Formatter: JA Lafrance

Blurb

Matt's decisions are to help his family.

So when he joined the military it was for his family.

He loved his wife, Heather and their family unconditionally, even when life takes a turn

That will leave the family struggling and forced to band together to form a unified team.

Will Matt struggle to stay focused, or will Heather need to use force?

Although this story is fictional, it was inspired by true life events.

Books by Michael S. Mann

Co-written

Wax me with Pleasure with JA Lafrance (09-17-2020)

Interviewer: Hello my name is Trever, a writer for Always Military an online magazine, and I will be interviewing Staff Sergeant Mathew Marcus and his wife Heather for a segment on injured soldiers.

Sergeant Marcus was with the National Guard in Colorado and deployed to Iraq in 2009 where some months later he was shot by a sniper and almost died from his injuries.

This interview will touch on the impact the injuries had on him and his family and the consequences that have resulted from this terrible action.

Sergeant Marcus and Mrs. Marcus thank you for agreeing to this interview.

Mathew: Thank you for asking us and please call me Matt, I haven’t been on active duty for quite a while and even when I was active I never did get used to that title.

Heather: Please call me Heather, being called Mrs. Marcus is just too impersonal plus honestly it makes me feel like I’m an old lady which I am definitely not.

Interviewer: Alright then Matt and Heather thank you again for agreeing to this interview, if you don’t mind let’s get some background on the two of you. Where did you two meet and how old were you two?

Heather: Wow that was a long time