The McCarrans and the Gallaghers, two families with deep ties to the military, have been close for decades, ever since Vietnam. Now a new generation of soldiers is fighting on a distant battlefield, and Lt. Brian McCarran, the distinguished generals son, has recently returned from a harrowing tour in Iraq and is traumatised. Paperback , 400 pages Published June 1st 2011 by Pan MacMillan (first published June 29th 2010)