The Long Blue Shadow Paperback LUX- Matt Cover

This dramatic artwork graces the cover of this paperback , 6 x 9" with a matt lux cover.   
 
Book I : The Illumina Trilogy: Illuminating the Legacy of Service.
 
Compelled by the idea ‘good’ men serve conspicuously ‘in the sun,’ a young army officer is torn between family and service, old dreams and new duty…
 
When Arthur Shreve does reenlist, his beliefs are shaken again by the alluring Julia McCoy on Oahu―a woman possessed by conflicting desires, demons, and unhealthy attraction to alcohol who challenges his certainties over sex, love, and service. 
 
Despite being entrenched in life at Smith College, (known for lesbianism), Julia realizes she is deeply in love and must join him as his wife on an epic climb through the ranks in a cocktail of stunning change and lavish society during the Interwar years and the Golden Age of the U.S. Army.
 
Plagued by a cycle of hails and farewells, they struggle to navigate from pillar to post with two children and to keep passion alive. In their quest to find identity among endless obstacles, opposing misbeliefs, and military life they discover the one refuge that binds them always: love.
 
Against a stunning career and remarkable history, they rely more and more on the loyal officers and the American family who serve beside them…unaware they will need to muster all of their collective strength for their most profound test yet on the precipice of war.