Blue Shadows
When the Past Returns, No One Walks Alone
9781967311965
244 pages
Little Creek Press
Overview
Some scars run deeper than memory—and darker than the Blue Ridge woods.
When a group of Vietnam veterans reunites decades after the war, the secrets they buried in the Appalachian soil begin to resurface—along with the guilt, grief, and unfinished business they thought they'd left behind. Set against the haunting beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Shadows follows Tom, a soft-spoken Midwesterner turned reluctant soldier, and his lifelong friend Hank as they grapple with the traumas of their past and the ghosts that still walk beside them.
As Tom struggles to reconnect with his wife and find his place in a changed world, he's drawn back to the war—through memories, letters, and an unexpected reckoning that ties his personal pain to a deeper national wound. With lyrical prose and emotional insight, Blue Shadows is a powerful exploration of loyalty, loss, and the long shadow of war.
A story about healing, friendship, and the thin line between remembering and letting go, this novel honors the quiet heroism of those who carry their battles long after the fighting ends.
