Among You Author:Jake Wood "Among You" is a gripping psychological real-life account of idealism, dehumanisation and post-traumatic stress disorder, set against the juxtapositions of business, combat, love and betrayal. On his first tour of duty, the author experiences the harsh reality of front-line combat during the invasion of Iraq. On his second, he conducts surveilla... more »nce on Iraqi insurgents. But he does not return to a barracks after each of these tours, for he is TA. Instead, he returns to the glass tower of an international investment bank. As well as finding love - and betrayal - in the workplace, his eyes are opened to the amorality of the banking business, from which he eventually escapes, returning to the only world that now makes any sense to him. In Afghanistan, the soldier discovers the savage, dehumanising effect that war exacts on both the body and mind. Diagnosed with chronic PTSD upon his return, and with the loss of the two conflicting walks of life that used to personally define him, he must now fight the last enemy - himself - in order to exorcise the ghosts of his past.« less