Long Way Home

Brian McAfee, twenty eight, former staff sergeant in the New York National Guard, a veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq, sits in a lawn chair behind his house drinking Bourbon.  He and his wife Barbara argue viciously over his not having “gotten over the war.”  Brian knows at that moment it is time to take his own life to end his pain, and set his family free.   Brian drives to Speculator. He will visit a fallen comrade’s grave before he kills himself.  Barbara finds a note that Brian left.   Instantly, she knows what he is about to do, and where he is going.  She gets in her car and speeds after him.  What follows is a tale of supernatural intervention redeeming the soul of a combat veteran.


About the Author: George Samerjan is a published poet, novelist, screen writer, and combat veteran.  In 2002, he, and co-author David Saperstein,  wrote the screenplay for A CHRISTMAS VISITOR which has aired on the Hallmark Channel annually since then and around the world. In 2004, he co-wrote the novel of A CHRISTMAS VISITOR, and this was followed by A CHRISTMAS PASSAGE in 2008.  LONG WAY HOME - The divine rescue of Sergeant McAfee from the demons of his war - and FROM THE SHADOWS - A young man overcomes family tragedy to heal himself and a veteran - were published as e-books in 2013.  George Samerjan has written more  than 2,000 poems and those poems have appeared in numerous publications.  His honors and awards include two Bronze Star Medals one with one Oak Leaf Cluster and one with “V” device, the Air Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star, Vietnam Service Medal with Three Bronze Service Stars, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement “Interactive Video Disc” in the Best Training or Information Program Under Fifteen Minutes category. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America.