Cities of Men: A Novel Format:Paperback or exerting unilateral force abroad

or exerting unilateral force abroad

Oakes was brought back to take part in 1 of the most daring operations in intelligence history

Soon the Rats became overconfident and careless

Earl Hamner

Cities of Men: A Novel Format:Paperback or exerting unilateral force abroadIn 1987, twelve year old Cooper Balsam's mother, Arden, disappears without a trace. Cooper's father, Percy, a Vietnam veteran struggling with PTSD, doesn't seem too concerned. "This isn't the first time. She's done it before." As days pass, Cooper begins to act out and withdraw from the world, and his growing animosity toward his father's ambivalence begins to escalate even as Percy and Cooper begin to actively search for the woman in their lives.