A Painter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798186951209)

The novel follows Bill Nye's struggle with PTSD. A Painter tells his story starting in 1965, home after being wounded in South Vietnam. Bill was a Special Forces soldier, his team's junior weapons sergeant. His Uncle Fred Franklin gives Bill his art studio in New Hampshire. Bill is only twenty-three years old as he walks towards his new home, recovering from physical and mental wounds.

Life brings in other characters, all of whom help Bill paint his life. Some depict the dream that haunts Bill many nights. The men he lost on patrol cause pain. Others offer a new life. Bill struggles to find a path that makes him happy. The dream makes Bill flee, causing hardship to the women who love him

Follow Bill in his struggles; he is battling PTSD along with other veterans.