The blue cascade

In this searing and beautifully written memoir, Mike Scotti charts his course from the front lines of Iraq back home to New York.

Scotti, a Marine Lieutenant, was taught during his service that weakness is what gets you killed, and he applied this mindset to his life after war, ignoring the creeping depression and numbness he called 'The Blue Cascade.

' However, he eventually found himself struggling with intense emotional and violent episodes, and even contemplating suicide.

Through a series of powerful events, Scotti was able to find a path to healing and begin his journey back to life, emerging with the wisdom that 'it's ok if you are not ok' for fellow sufferers of post-traumatic stress.