Fiction
One WayTicket
A soldier boards a plane with nothing but a kit bag and a question she cannot silence. What begins as an escape becomes a reckoning — with faith, with duty, and with the life she left behind.
A soldier boards a plane with nothing but a kit bag and a question she cannot silence. What begins as an escape becomes a reckoning — with faith, with duty, and with the life she left behind.
"Will her deployment to Afghanistan help her gain a new perspective, or will it only shatter her glorified idea of fighting for her country?"
Christine discovers this the hard way right after her passing out parade, when her estranged mother, Isabelle, gives her a mysterious letter.
Despite her burning need to know the truth about her past, Christine refuses to read it.
Instead, she immerses herself in her combat medic training and forms a strong bond with Andi, a quick-witted female medic with way more life experiences than Christine herself.
Passing her medic's exam and reuniting with her squadron, including Ben, makes Christine feel useful again, but her grandmother's illness and their long-distance communication remain a thorn in her heart.
By the time this war is over, Christine will find out what she's lost and won.
