Mobilized for Operation Enduring Freedom after 9/11, Colonel Len Shartzer is ordered to leave his job and family for a combat deployment in Afghanistan. He becomes engaged in the international effort to transform ethnically diverse tribes into a country loyal to a central government. When he finally returns home, he's faced with fighting yet another grueling war. In this deeply moving story covering eight years of his life, Shartzer shares a journey of war, caregiving, loss and hope.