Peripheral - Edwin O Stanfield

Conner's life seems to have leveled out. He is flying high with his new girlfriend, a stark contrast from the years of constant deployments in the aftermath of September 11th. Still he is excited to see his old Air Force buddies again. But when they are finally reunited for a four-day sun filled bachelor party stretching from Miami to Key West, his good friends aren't quite how he remembered them.

Experience beaches, breweries, dance clubs, and alluring teal waters as hidden traumas lie in wait just beneath the surface. The past slowly finds its way into the light, as the limits of even the deepest bonds are tested. Gritty and unflinching, this story examines the cost of military service, the weight of memory and the true meaning of friendship.