{"title":"Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction and nonfiction exploring war, geopolitics, technology, culture, and the human condition\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2084","title":"2084","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003e2084\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e2084: A Novel of Future War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is the next installment in their acclaimed future-war series following \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e2054\u003c\/em\u003e, imagining the geopolitical and human consequences of a climate war.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    By the year 2084, the world has fractured between equatorial nations bearing the brunt of the climate crisis and wealthier powers struggling through the aftermath of political collapse and civil conflict. Led by countries such as Nigeria, Brazil, and Indonesia, the so-called Reparationist nations decide that only military force can bring them justice.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    As tensions between the equatorial world and global superpowers reach a breaking point, \u003cem\u003e2084\u003c\/em\u003e follows a wide cast of characters navigating war, power, survival, technology, and competing visions of the future while the fate of human civilization hangs in the balance.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Combining speculative fiction, geopolitics, military strategy, and literary storytelling, Ackerman and Stavridis present a disturbingly plausible vision of climate conflict shaped by global instability, shifting alliances, and the enduring importance of individual human agency.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\n2084: A Novel of Future War by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a geopolitical thriller and speculative fiction novel published by Penguin Press. Following 2034 and 2054, the book explores climate war, future conflict, geopolitics, military strategy, global instability, artificial intelligence, civil wars, climate crisis, international relations, and the future of human civilization.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276200132770,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/2084_Hardcover_Elliot_Ackerman-Penguin.jpg?v=1780086834"},{"product_id":"2034","title":"2034","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e2034: A Novel of the Next World War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a geopolitical thriller and speculative work of future war that imagines a catastrophic conflict between the United States, China, and Iran.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her destroyer encounters a distressed vessel. At the same time, Marine aviator Major Chris “Wedge” Mitchell is flying an advanced stealth fighter near Iranian airspace over the Strait of Hormuz. Before the day is over, Hunt’s ship lies at the bottom of the sea, Wedge is an Iranian prisoner, and America’s confidence in its military superiority has been shattered.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    As China and Iran coordinate the use of devastating cyber weaponry capable of rendering American ships and aircraft defenseless, a series of strategic miscalculations pushes the world toward a rapidly escalating global conflict.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Combining military realism, geopolitical sophistication, and literary storytelling, \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e follows a global cast of American, Chinese, Iranian, Russian, and Indian characters through a future shaped by technological warfare, great power competition, cyber conflict, and the fragile balance of international order.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Drawing on the authors’ experience at the highest levels of national security and military leadership, \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e presents a disturbingly plausible vision of the future and a cautionary tale about war, escalation, and the consequences of strategic overconfidence.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\n2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a 2021 Penguin Press geopolitical thriller and speculative fiction novel about future war between the United States, China, and Iran. The book explores cyber warfare, naval conflict, military strategy, technology, escalation, geopolitics, great power competition, the South China Sea, the Strait of Hormuz, artificial intelligence, and the future of international conflict.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276201214114,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/2034_Hardcover_Elliot_Ackerman-Penguin.jpg?v=1780086653"},{"product_id":"sheepdogs","title":"Sheepdogs","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eSheepdogs\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheepdogs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a globe-trotting thriller by Elliot Ackerman, published by Knopf in 2025, that moves through the underbelly of modern war, intelligence work, and off-the-books missions.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Skwerl and Cheese are down on their luck. Skwerl, resourceful like a squirrel, once worked for Ground Branch, the CIA’s elite paramilitary wing, before a raid in Afghanistan went bad. Big Cheese Aziz, a legendary pilot and his country’s Maverick, has been grounded by the fall of Kabul and is now working the night shift at a gas station.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    When Skwerl recruits Cheese into an anonymous network of so-called sheepdogs, they enter a shadowy world between the sheep and the wolves, protecting prey from predator while earning a buck along the way.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Their mission is to repossess a private jet stranded on a remote African airfield. Their fee is a commission on the jet’s $5 million value. But nothing about the job adds up: their contact has gone missing, their handler is mysterious, and the real source of the money remains unclear.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Full of heart, humor, espionage, and moral ambiguity, \u003cem\u003eSheepdogs\u003c\/em\u003e is an adventure through modern conflict, corruption, loyalty, violence, and the blurred line between protection and predation.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nSheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman is a 2025 Knopf thriller about espionage, CIA Ground Branch, Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul, modern war, intelligence operations, military contractors, dark humor, loyalty, corruption, violence, and moral ambiguity. The novel follows Skwerl and Big Cheese Aziz through a globe-trotting mission involving a private jet, shadow networks, and the underbelly of modern war and intelligence.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276201377954,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Sheepdogs_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman.jpg?v=1779243660"},{"product_id":"2054","title":"2054","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003e2054\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e2054: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a geopolitical thriller and speculative work of future fiction that explores artificial intelligence, political instability, biotechnology, and the fate of American democracy in the middle of the twenty-first century.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Set twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China depicted in \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel imagines an America transformed by political upheaval, violent resistance, media control, and the rise of a dominant ruling party struggling to maintain its grip on power.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    When the American president suddenly collapses during a national address, conspiracy theories spread, misinformation spirals, and the country descends into a new kind of civil conflict. Behind the scenes, a small group of elite figures from the worlds of intelligence, business, and computer science begin to uncover evidence of a profound breakthrough in artificial intelligence with consequences far beyond the assassination of a president.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Their search leads into the Amazon rainforest and toward a technological discovery capable of reshaping the global balance of power as states and nonstate actors compete in a new Great Game defined by AI, biotechnology, and the possibility of a coming Singularity.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Combining geopolitical realism, technological foresight, and literary storytelling, \u003cem\u003e2054\u003c\/em\u003e examines the intersection of democracy, national security, emerging technology, and human agency in a rapidly changing world.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\n2054: A Novel by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a 2024 Penguin Press geopolitical thriller and speculative fiction novel following 2034. The book explores artificial intelligence, AI, biotechnology, the Singularity, political instability, misinformation, national security, future war, global power competition, democracy, cyber conflict, and emerging technology in the mid-twenty-first century.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218253474,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/2054_Hardcover_Elliot_Ackerman-Penguin.jpg?v=1780086762"},{"product_id":"green-on-blue","title":"Green on Blue","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eGreen on Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreen on Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is Elliot Ackerman’s debut novel, a literary work of war fiction set in Afghanistan that explores loyalty, family, revenge, and the human cost of conflict through the eyes of a young Afghan boy.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Aziz and his older brother Ali come of age in a remote village in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where family, routine, and survival define daily life. But when armed men arrive in their village, the fragile stability of their world collapses.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Forced to flee, the brothers struggle to survive among other orphans in a nearby city until violence once again reshapes their lives. After Ali is gravely injured in a bombing, Aziz encounters an Afghan serving alongside American forces and joins the Special Lashkar, a U.S.-funded militia operating along the Afghan border.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    No longer a child but not yet a man, Aziz is drawn into a brutal conflict shaped by tribal loyalties, war, revenge, and survival. As he confronts violence, love, duty, and loss, he must decide whether to embrace the logic of war or risk everything to leave it behind.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Drawing on Ackerman’s experience serving multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, \u003cem\u003eGreen on Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a morally complex novel about modern war, counterinsurgency, brotherhood, and the lives of those trapped inside cycles of violence.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nGreen on Blue by Elliot Ackerman is a 2015 Scribner literary war novel set in Afghanistan. The novel follows Aziz, a young Afghan boy who joins the U.S.-funded Special Lashkar militia after his brother is injured. The book explores Afghanistan, war, counterinsurgency, tribal loyalty, revenge, brotherhood, military conflict, survival, and the human cost of violence.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218286242,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Green_on_Blue_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman_-_Large_6e6eecef-3f05-47ff-a243-bb29575f1eca.jpg?v=1780102173"},{"product_id":"dark-at-the-crossing","title":"Dark at the Crossing","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eDark at the Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark at the Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary novel by Elliot Ackerman set along the border between Turkey and Syria during the Syrian Civil War. The story follows Haris Abadi, an Arab American searching for meaning, purpose, and belief amid the violence and dislocation of modern conflict.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Hoping to cross into Syria and join the fight against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Haris instead finds himself stranded in Turkey after being robbed. There he is taken in by Amir, a charismatic Syrian refugee and former revolutionary, and Amir’s wife Daphne, whose grief and longing pull all three of them deeper into the moral uncertainty surrounding the war.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    As Haris becomes increasingly entangled in their lives, questions of loyalty, faith, identity, and ideology begin to blur. Is he truly committed to the revolution, or simply searching for meaning in a life marked by frustration and loss?\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Set against the backdrop of revolution, displacement, refugees, and political violence, \u003cem\u003eDark at the Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e explores exile, belief, second chances, and the emotional consequences of war with compassion, urgency, and moral complexity.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    A finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, the novel combines literary storytelling with geopolitical realism to examine the human dimensions of the Syrian conflict and the search for purpose at the edge of war.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nDark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman is a 2017 Knopf literary novel set along the Turkey-Syria border during the Syrian Civil War. The novel follows Haris Abadi, an Arab American attempting to cross into Syria, and explores refugees, revolution, exile, displacement, faith, identity, political violence, loss, war, and the human consequences of conflict. Dark at the Crossing was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218384546,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Dark_at_the_Crossing_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman.jpg?v=1779243392"},{"product_id":"waiting-for-eden","title":"Waiting for Eden","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Eden\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaiting for Eden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary novel by Elliot Ackerman that explores the unseen aftermath of war through the lives of a wounded Marine, his wife, and the friend who did not survive combat.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Eden lies in a military hospital bed, unable to move or speak after being catastrophically injured in war. His wife Mary spends her days beside him, while the story unfolds through the voice of Eden’s best friend and fellow Marine, who was killed in the same blast and now watches over them both.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    As the narrator relives the secrets, loyalties, betrayals, and love shared between the three of them, \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Eden\u003c\/em\u003e becomes an intimate meditation on grief, friendship, moral injury, and the emotional consequences of America’s post-9\/11 wars.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Spare, haunting, and emotionally devastating, the novel examines what remains after combat has ended and how war continues to shape the lives of those left behind long after the fighting is over.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Through its compressed structure and deeply human perspective, \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Eden\u003c\/em\u003e reflects Ackerman’s continued exploration of military service, trauma, loyalty, memory, and the hidden costs of conflict.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nWaiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman is a 2018 Alfred A. Knopf literary novel about a severely wounded Marine, his wife Mary, and the Marine friend killed in the same blast. The novel explores war, trauma, grief, moral injury, friendship, loyalty, betrayal, military service, love, memory, and the aftermath of America’s post-9\/11 conflicts.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218450082,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Waiting_for_Eden_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman.jpg?v=1779243705"},{"product_id":"red-dress-in-black-and-white","title":"Red Dress in Black and White","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eRed Dress in Black and White\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Dress in Black and White\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary novel by Elliot Ackerman set in Istanbul, Turkey, exploring marriage, politics, corruption, expatriate life, and personal freedom against the backdrop of a society in crisis.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Catherine has spent years married to Murat, a wealthy and influential Turkish real estate developer, and together they share a young son, William. When Catherine decides to leave her marriage and return to the United States with William and her photographer lover, Murat moves to stop her from leaving the country.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Enlisting the help of an American diplomat, Murat draws their private lives into a widening web of political influence, corruption, deception, and surveillance. As the hidden architecture of these relationships gradually emerges, the novel reveals a cast of artists, businessmen, expatriates, diplomats, spies, and a child caught between competing worlds.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Set in the aftermath of political unrest and shaped by the atmosphere surrounding modern Turkey and the Gezi Park protests, \u003cem\u003eRed Dress in Black and White\u003c\/em\u003e examines love, betrayal, power, identity, and the intersection of the personal and political.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Through intimate storytelling and geopolitical realism, the novel portrays a nation on the brink while exploring the emotional consequences of ambition, loyalty, freedom, and control.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nRed Dress in Black and White by Elliot Ackerman is a 2020 Alfred A. Knopf literary and political novel set in Istanbul, Turkey. The novel follows Catherine, Murat, and their son William through a story involving marriage, corruption, expatriate life, diplomacy, spies, Gezi Park, Turkish political unrest, identity, love, betrayal, personal freedom, and political power.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218548386,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Red_Dress_in_Black_and_White_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman.jpg?v=1779243632"},{"product_id":"the-fifth-act","title":"The Fifth Act","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Act\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a memoir and firsthand account by Elliot Ackerman examining the final collapse of America’s twenty-year war in Afghanistan and the chaotic withdrawal that followed the fall of Kabul in 2021.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Having served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine officer, Ackerman found himself drawn back into the conflict during the final days of the war, working to help evacuate Afghan allies as the Taliban rapidly regained control of the country.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Through eyewitness reporting, personal reflection, and historical analysis, \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Act\u003c\/em\u003e traces the arc of America’s involvement in Afghanistan from the aftermath of the September 11 attacks through the initial invasion, the long years of counterinsurgency and nation-building, and ultimately the collapse of the Afghan government and evacuation from Kabul.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The book combines memoir, military history, foreign policy, and moral inquiry to examine war, loyalty, service, sacrifice, and the obligations owed to those who fought alongside the United States. Ackerman reflects not only on the strategic failures and political decisions that shaped the conflict, but also on the personal relationships forged over two decades of war.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Moving between the operational realities of evacuation efforts and broader questions about American power, national identity, and the limits of military intervention, \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Act\u003c\/em\u003e offers a deeply human account of the end of America’s longest war and the consequences that continue long after the final withdrawal.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nThe Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan by Elliot Ackerman is a 2022 Penguin Press memoir and nonfiction book about the fall of Kabul, the Afghanistan withdrawal, the Taliban takeover, Afghan allies, the U.S. military, Marines, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, foreign policy, military service, counterinsurgency, national security, the September 11 attacks, and the end of America’s longest war.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218613922,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/The_Fifth_Act_Hardcover_Elliot_Ackerman-Penguin.jpg?v=1780086952"},{"product_id":"halcyon","title":"Halcyon","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary and speculative novel by Elliot Ackerman that explores memory, mortality, politics, history, and the fragile foundations upon which societies and personal identities are built.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Set in an alternate version of the United States in 2004, the novel follows Martin Neumann, a recently divorced historian living at Halcyon, the Virginia estate of renowned lawyer, World War II hero, and family patriarch Robert Ableson. As President Al Gore begins his second term, the world is shaken by the announcement that scientists may have discovered a cure for death.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Faced with the possibility of radically altering the human condition, Martin begins to question everything he believes about history, power, memory, and the people surrounding him. Why has he been drawn into the Ableson family’s most closely guarded secrets? Who is Robert Ableson beneath the carefully constructed mythology surrounding him? And what would it mean for society if death itself could be overcome?\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Moving across generations and historical moments ranging from the American Civil War to the Battle of Saipan, \u003cem\u003eHalcyon\u003c\/em\u003e examines how nations and individuals construct meaning through memory, forgetting, ambition, and mythmaking.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Combining literary fiction, alternate history, political imagination, and speculative thought, the novel reflects on mortality, technological change, historical legacy, and the uncertain future of American society.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nHalcyon by Elliot Ackerman is a 2023 Alfred A. Knopf literary and speculative fiction novel set in an alternate United States during the 2004 Gore presidency. The novel follows historian Martin Neumann and explores mortality, memory, alternate history, politics, technology, World War II, the Battle of Saipan, the Civil War, historical legacy, mythmaking, and the possibility of a cure for death.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276221038754,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Halcyon_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman.jpg?v=1779243551"},{"product_id":"places-and-names","title":"Places and Names","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003ePlaces and Names\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlaces and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a memoir by Elliot Ackerman that reflects on war, combat, revolution, journalism, and the moral consequences of America’s post-9\/11 conflicts through the intertwined landscapes of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Turkey.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The book opens in a refugee camp in southern Turkey, where Ackerman sits across from Abu Hassar, a former fighter connected to al-Qaeda in Iraq and possibly the Islamic State. As the two men sketch the Euphrates River and mark the places where they once fought against one another during the Iraq War, a strange intimacy emerges between former enemies shaped by the same conflict.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Moving between Ackerman’s experiences as a Marine officer in Iraq and Afghanistan and his later work as a journalist covering Syria and the wider region, \u003cem\u003ePlaces and Names\u003c\/em\u003e combines memoir, battlefield experience, reportage, and geopolitical reflection.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Ackerman recounts combat operations during the Second Battle of Fallujah, the most intense urban combat faced by the Marines since Vietnam, as well as the relationships, violence, idealism, and moral ambiguity that defined America’s wars after September 11.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Through stories of soldiers, refugees, revolutionaries, civilians, and former adversaries, the memoir examines bravery, trauma, loyalty, memory, and the enduring psychological and political legacy of modern war.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Both intensely personal and broadly geopolitical, \u003cem\u003ePlaces and Names\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on combat, identity, returning home, and the search for meaning amid two decades of conflict in the Middle East.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nPlaces and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning by Elliot Ackerman is a 2019 Penguin Press memoir about Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, military service, journalism, revolution, combat, the Second Battle of Fallujah, post-9\/11 conflict, Marines, refugees, geopolitics, war, trauma, loyalty, and the moral consequences of modern warfare.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276221137058,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Places_and_Names_Trade_paperback_Elliot_Ackerman-Penguin.jpg?v=1780086897"}],"url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}