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"Sparta made young children into warriors; it was kept to the warriors to revive themselves to men...." Conrad Farrell's family does not have any military traditions, but as a classics major at Williams, he observed the sturdy appeal of the Marine ethic: Semper fidelis came up right from the early world, from Sparta, where every resident doubled as a full-time soldier. When Conrad became a member of the Marines after college, he likely to further along custom of honor, courage, and dedication. Now Conrad has just returned home to Westchester after four years in Iraq, and something is very wrong. Everything should be fine - he was not taken or wounded by an IED, and he's never had emotional troubles - but as he makes an attempt to reconnect along with his girlfriend and discover his footing in the civilian world, he has an impossible time modifying to folks and places he used to love and to a commonplace life of hotel reservations, evening meal discussion, long showers, and on it's own time. As the weeks become months, Conrad's bitterness only festers, and he begins to dread that his trend, when it comes out, will have irreparable outcomes. Suspenseful and perceptive, Sparta captures the nuances of the unique estrangement that modern troops face as they try to rejoin the world they've fought for. Together with the powerful information and acuity that designated Cost and her earlier books, Robinson has supplied her best book yet.
