Hey, this is I. M. Aiken, in late August 2026. My third novel drops in late September. Captain Henry: 2 ½ Insurrections, 2 Wars, 1 ¼ Centuries, and a Story of Love has been described as a, “A contemporary perspective of American warfare that reminds readers of Hellers’ Catch 22 and Hooker’s MASH.” The stories are based on my first-hand journals from Iraq in 2006 and Reconstruction-era archives about my great grandfather, who enlisted as an underaged private in 1870 then later lead troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, providing infantry support to the Rough Riders, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Buffalo Soldiers. You’ll find it or can order it at any bookstore and/or listen to me read it to you as an audiobook available at all of the outlets: Libro.fm, Barnes & Noble Audio, Libby, and Audible.
Take care of each other. Few understand. My young friend (a woman I help raise) informed me this week that as she transports vets in her ambulance, they are universally informing her that therapists have asked them to open up and tell their stories, only to end the session early saying: please stop, you are traumatizing me, you’ll need to find a different therapist. This now forty-year-old medic was a young EMT on that stormy night above.
One love.
