Max, an unpopular, self-conscious teen, navigates himself through a stressful few days of high school. He tries to avoid a bully and keep his girlfriend happy while taking care of his sister since... More > his father is gone and his mother sinks deeper into an alcoholic stupor.< Less
Kyle Hertzberg, straight out of basic training, is sent on a United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the Former Yugoslavia. He has never stepped foot outside his hometown in Southern California, and... More > soon faces the ominous possibility of losing his life in a war torn country.
As a result of the United Nations’ rigid rules of engagement, Kyle must remain a bystander as the local population is treated inhumanely. But after a few months, under the tutelage of his squad leader, Sergeant Padilla, he learns to not only be a soldier, but a man as well.< Less