G85 Book Review of In His Stead by Judith Sanders
Name of Book: In His Stead Author: Judith Sanders ISBN: 978-1-938573-83-5 Publisher: Ironwood Press Type of book: War, army life, substituting for a child, Civil War law, 2000s, positive male role model Year it was published: 2012 Summary: AN ANCIENT LAW, A MODERN WAR, AND A FATHER'S LOVE THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS... Retired Army Ranger Thomas Lane once burned for the taste of gunpowder and the thrill of the battle. But as he struggles to cope with his own PTSD and the death of his eldest son, killed by an IED in Afghanistan, Lane learns that the price of war is far too dear. When the National Guard calls up Lane’s youngest son to serve, Lane knows he will do anything to save his child—even if it means going in his place, a pursuit unheard of since the Civil War when slaves were sent to war in place of their masters. In His Stead, Judith Sander's second novel, follows Thomas Lane's crusade against the United States Army, its JAG corps, a vengeful offi...