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Three Paperclips and a Grey Scarf

An Evan Davis Tale, Book 1

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A struggling writer. A team of U.S. soldiers. A fight for their lives. A battle for his soul.

Writer Evan Davis desperately needs to find his muse to finish his book. As the impossible deadline approaches with a virtually nonexistent wordcount, his agent presents him with a unique reprieve: Gain a delay by becoming a press embed with U.S. troops going to Central Asia.

Davis sees it as an unlikely place to rediscover his muse but lacks any alternative.

After being presented with an odd luck talisman of three paperclips by a friend, he travels with his assigned unit to Afghanistan.

There he is out of his comfort zone and pushed into a world where friendships are vital, and lives are on the line. His problems pale in comparison to what these brave men must face daily.

As Davis begins to write about their daily hardships, he rediscovers his love of the written word.

He also finds a use for each of his talismans, as they save his life and those of the men he comes to regard as his team; soldiers who promised each other they would all make it home in one piece.

Follow Evan’s journey as he finds his muse in the most unlikely place under the most extraordinary circumstances.

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Who could resist such an alluring title: Three Paperclips and a Grey Scarf? Not this reader, certainly. And, true to it's promise, it was a pleasure to hear as a small group of soldiers came to life in this short tale of an author finding again his ability to write during a six month stint in Afghanistan. It was touching, exciting and pleasantly positive as well as being simply but well written. It had a feeling of truthfulness.

The narration, unfortunately, could have been better - from a technical not reader perspective. William P.Ryan has a fine, solid voice, pleasant on the ear and with a good throw away delivery, perfect for the character of Evan Davis, the main character of the story. His reading is a tad slow, speeding playback to 1.25 enhances the delivery, and his story telling skill is excellent. However, the poor recording quality gives an echo like quality to the sound as well as highlighting any breath intakes or turning of pages. Such a pity as it does become a distraction to what would otherwise be a good performance.

Three Paperclips and a Grey Scarf is a good, short book for anyone who enjoys war stories with a feel of reality, and tales of simple bravery and fate. I very much enjoyed it.

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