In this episode of The Ask, award-winning author Elliot Ackerman discusses his work on Halycon.

From pivotal elections to crumbling marriages, from the Civil War to the Battle of Saipan, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.

Our Episode Guest:

Elliot Ackerman is the author of the novels Red Dress in Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, Green on Blue, Places and Names, The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan and is the co-author with Admiral James Stavridis of the best seller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. Ackerman is a former White House Fellow and Marine who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart.