{"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","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/products\/green-on-blue","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}