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Prayer At Rumayla
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Nineteen year-old Chet Brown arrived home from the Gulf War in the spring of 1991 and found that, for him, the war was only beginning. Betrayed by his friends and lover, ignored by his family, Brown travels across the country in search of meaning behind the horrors of his war. "Bleak and disturbing... dead-on-target ...This first novel is a work of pure psychological conflict." - Pulitzer Prize winning reporter John Hanchette, Reno Gazette-Journal "Brutally honest, direct, and meaningful, Prayer At Rumayla is a compelling novel of coming to terms not only with dangers and traumas of the battlefront, but with its aftermath upon the lives of the surviving combatants." - Midwest Book Review
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14 - Epilogue
What happens to Chet Brown and a short preview of Republic.
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01 - Chapter One
-In this episode: Chet Brown, a 19 year old Gulf War veteran, returns home from Iraq to find that the war is only beginning.
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02 - Chapter Two
-In this episode: Chet fights off rage and despair in response to the emotional blows he's received on coming home from Iraq.
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03 - Chapter Three, Part 1 of 2
-In this episode: Chet Brown returns to Fort Stewart and struggles with readjusting to the peacetime Army.
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04 - Chapter Three, Part 2 of 2
-In this episode: A new platoon sergeant challenges Chet and his platoon mates
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05 - Chapter Four
-In this episode: Chet Brown prepares for leave, and encounters his ex-fiance
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06 Chapter Five, Part 1 of 3
-In this episode: Chet Brown flees Atlanta following a disastrous encounter with Paul and Amy.
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07 - Chapter Five, Part 2 of 3
-In this episode: In a small town in West Virginia, Chet Brown struggles to regain his humanity.
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08 - Chapter Five, Part 3 of 3
-In this episode: A small town Sheriff tries to talk Chet out of his despair, and Chet remembers his first real battle in Iraq.
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09 Chapter Six (Part One of three)
-In this episode: Chet Brown arrives in New York City, in search of his high school friend Julie.
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10 Chapter Six (Part two of three)
-In this episode: In this episode, Chet Brown's tank company goes into combat against the Iraqi Republican Guard at Battle Position 102. Later, in New York City, Chet is reunited with his high-school friend Julie.
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11 - Chapter Six (Part Three of three)
-In this episode: Just outside Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, Chet Brown's battalion encounters a group of trucks in the dead of night, in an incident that will change Chet forever. Later, Chet Brown says a final farewell to his long-dead father.
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12 - Chapter Seven (Part One of Two)
-In this episode: Following his travels up the East Coast, Chet Brown returns to Fort Stewart, Georgia to face the consequences of his actions and fears. An encounter with Sergeant Biggs only makes matters worse, as Chet spirals out of control.
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13 - Chapter Seven (Part Two of Two)
-In this episode: Alpha Company loses a tank in the battle at Rumayla Oil Field. Chet Brown approaches a deadly confrontation.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Nineteen year-old Chet Brown arrived home from the Gulf War in the spring of 1991 and found that, for him, the war was only beginning. Betrayed by his friends and lover, ignored by his family, Brown travels across the country in search of meaning behind the horrors of his war. "Bleak and disturbing... dead-on-target ...This first novel is a work of pure psychological conflict." - Pulitzer Prize winning reporter John Hanchette, Reno Gazette-Journal "Brutally honest, direct, and meaningful, Prayer At Rumayla is a compelling novel of coming to terms not only with dangers and traumas of the battlefront, but with its aftermath upon the lives of the surviving combatants." - Midwest Book Review
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Charles Sheehan-Miles
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