Nick Petrie

Listen to "Nicholas Petrie 2017 Burning Bright" on Spreaker. With BURNING BRIGHT, the second thriller featuring damaged war veteran Peter Ash, Nick Petrie once again supplies a singular blend of riveting action and thoughtful observation cloaked in a non-stop plot. Ash first appeared in Petrie’s acclaimed debut, The Drifter. Ash has survived numerous tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, but his return home to the States has proven anything but smooth. Reluctantly emerging from periods of self-imposed isolation, he finds himself in uncomfortable scenarios, navigating tenuous encounters with others. But the expertise he acquired in war—and during his rural Wisconsin childhood—is be put to use as he becomes entangled in dangerous situations. Character Peter Ash is a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who survived his wars in one piece, but finds himself living with post‐traumatic stress on his return home. His PTSD has made him claustrophobic, so it’s difficult for him to be indoors for even a relatively short time. But like many of the veterans Nick Petrie spoke to during the writing of these books, Peter hasn’t lost his strong desire to help others and be useful in the world. When writing The Drifter, Petrie didn’t have a grand plan to write a series of books centered on veterans’ issues. But the more research he did on the challenges facing veterans, the more vivid and important these issues became to him. He hopes that readers gain a better understanding of what veterans go through when they get home. For readers who are veterans, he hopes they recognize some part of themselves in these characters.