Some wounds never close.

Thirteen years after a covert mission in Iraq, the survivors are pulled into a new conflict, each carrying burdens from the past.

Former allies move through a country spiraling out of control, trying to avoid the inevitable chaos in this land and in their own minds.

Drilon Bombi, a seasoned Battalion Commander, trains his soldiers, hoping for homecomings he knows some will never see.

Miriam Bakke, an accomplished surgeon, saves strangers while carrying the ghosts of those she lost.

Mohamed al-Assadi, an insurgent leader, struggles to keep his fragile coalition together.

As the chaos unfolds and the past slowly returns, each is facing forces beyond their control.

Set against the turmoil of war, Toll of War is a novel of loss, memory, and reckoning. At its core, it is a story reminding us that presence is where healing begins.