The Blue Cascade
A Memoir of Life after War
Mike Scotti
Narrated by the author

Hachette Audio
May 15, 2012 / ISBN B0083EG0MM
Nonfiction
Amazon

Reviewed by Willie Elliott

Mike Scotti's book The Blue Cascade has written a book that tells it like it is for the fighting men and women in the Iraqi War.

Scotti beings his story after he leaves the Marine Corps, but that doesn't mean we don't see plenty of brutal war scenes. The author deftly inserts flashbacks as he tries to settle back into life as a civilian. When the author secures a high-paying job with one of the leading banks in the United States, he sees the hypocrisy that is present and 180 degree from the trust and brotherhood he experienced in the Marine Corps.

Readers can get a good sampling of the book by visiting the Amazon link listed above as Amazon has printed a good portion of the book in the link Look inside another edition for an excerpt from the novel.

Anyone who has been to a war zone or had family members who have gone needs to read (or listen) to this book. It will give a better understanding of why some of our veterans are the way they are.

I suggest the audio version simply because the author reads his own material and the emotions come through loud and clear.