Elles Tukker Books

This collection takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, exploring the experiences of soldiers before and after their return. Themes of brutality, faith, guilt, fear, helplessness, and survival permeate the narratives, as characters grapple with chaos. In the title story, a soldier who had to shoot dogs feeding on human corpses struggles to adjust to suburban life, surrounded by those unaware of his traumatic past. "After-Action Report" follows a Lance Corporal seeking redemption for a killing he didn't commit, hoping to relieve his best friend’s burden. A Mortuary Affairs Marine shares his harrowing experiences collecting the remains of both U.S. and Iraqi soldiers. A chaplain's faith is tested by the actions of a brutal Colonel, challenging his ability to provide solace. In the darkly comic "Money as a Weapons System," a young Foreign Service Officer absurdly attempts to teach Iraqis baseball as a means of improving their lives. These stories illuminate the monotony, bureaucracy, camaraderie, and violence that define a soldier’s life at war, as well as the isolation, remorse, and despair that can follow their return home. Klay starkly contrasts the extremes of a soldier's experience with the profound sense of loss that accompanies it.

When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Kavakian, they look for the company's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free? Studded with unforgettable characters and lacerating set-pieces, The Every blends satire and terror, while keeping the reader in breathless suspense about the fate of the company - and the human animal.

From the bestselling author of The Circle, a hilarious and heart-warming misadventure through modern America: it's time for the family vacation... Josie's life is falling apart - lawsuits raining down, her business down the drain and a feckless husband long gone - so she gathers up her two kids and lights out for the wilderness. The Alaskan wilderness, to be specific. This is a story about the trip of a lifetime. It involves one battered old RV, one highly sensitive eight year old boy, one fearless and hyperactive five year old girl, several forest fires, a large supply of pinot noir, and a deeply misguided sense of optimism. It may well be that things don't turn out quite as Josie expected - but then again, some of the best places in the world are found at the end of a road you didn't mean to take... Heroes of the Frontier is an uproariously funny portrait of modern America and the modern family, an entirely contemporary novel gleaming with Dave Eggers' trademark intelligence and originality.