The Last Flight

He came home twice, but neither war would let him go.

The Last Flight
A short novel by James A. Spillane

Ethan Whitmore returns from Afghanistan and from the haze of drug rehab to a Boston townhouse that looks polished on the outside but is rotting within. His father, a powerful senator, parades him as a political symbol. His mother smooths curtains and polishes silver, pretending silence can erase the screams in the night. His fiancée, Clara, clings to love as though words alone could stitc...