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<b>Eight years a soldier</b>, Peter Ash came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls <b>'white static'</b>, a buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to <b>spend a year</b> roaming the Pacific coast's mountains and forests, sleeping under the stars. <br><br>But when a friend from the Marines commits suicide, Ash <b>returns to civilization</b> to help the man's widow and two young children. While repairing her dilapidated porch, he makes <b>two unwelcome discoveries</b>: The first is a dog, the meanest, ugliest dog he's ever laid eyes on, guarding a suitcase; the second unwelcome surprise is the suitcase's contents – <b>$400,000 in cash and four slabs of plastic explosive.</b> <br><br>Just what was his friend caught up in during his final days? Ash will find that the <b>demons of war</b> aren't easy to leave behind...