The Gate to Glory: A Story of Courage, Brotherhood, and Sacrifice

Three boys charged up a hill as children.

Years later, they would charge up another.

In the rural South of the 1960s, Nick, Adam, and David grew up barefoot in sage fields, charging up a dusty hill with wooden rifles carved from old fence posts. To them, it was more than a place to play. It was where childhood lived, where dreams were born, and where three cousins became brothers in every way that mattered.

They believed the world would always be that simple.

Then Vietnam came calling.

When the youngest is drafted, the other two make a choice that will bind their lives—and their destinies—forever.

They enlist.

Not for medals.

Not for glory.

But because no one faces hell alone when his brothers are willing to walk beside him.

What follows is not a tale of battlefield heroics.

It is a story of courage when fear refuses to leave... of sacrifice measured one heartbeat at a time... of love, loyalty, and the terrible price war demands from those who answer its call.

Mud. Fire. Brotherhood. Loss.

Yet through every trial, one truth remains:

Some bonds are stronger than fear.

Stronger than distance.

Even stronger than death.

For readers of The Things They Carried and We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, The Gate to Glory is a deeply moving novel of friendship, courage, sacrifice, and the enduring power of brotherhood.

Because some journeys begin with three boys racing up a dusty hill...

...and some journeys lead them home.