""When a small unit of soldiers is separated from their command and left to fend for themselves in a hostile city, their only option is to keep moving. As they wander, encountering a series of surreal episodes and haunting characters along the way, the line between friend and enemy is blurred beyond recognition, and with it the sanity of those who survive. Acclaimed as the first great war novel of its age, The Farther Shore is at once ghostly and lyrical, terrifying and tender, gritty and yet profoundly illuminating"--Publisher description."@en
"Sechs junge amerikanische Soldaten werden in einem Krisengebiet in Afrika zurück-gelassen. Nach der versehentlichen Tötung eines Kindes gerät die Mission zu einem Kampf ums Überleben."
"In his unforgettable debut novel, Matthew Eck puts readers inside the mind of a confused young soldier caught in the fog of unexpected warfare. A small unit of soldiers from the U.S. Army is separated from their command and left for dead. Their only option is to keep moving, in hope that they'll escape the marauding gangs and clansmen who appear to rule the city. Josh, a young soldier, and his "battle buddies" are left to wander in this hostile territory. A series of horrifying, often violent encounters leaves only a few of them alive. The Farther Shore is a short, stark war novel in which the."@en

The farther shore