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Author Uriarte, Maximilian.

Title Battle born : lapis lazuli / written and illustrated by Maximilian Uriarte.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
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 Nichols Adult Fiction Graphic Novels  GN URIARTE    AVAILABLE
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Description approximately 352 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary "Lapis Lazuli is a rich blue semiprecious gemstone found deep in the Sar-i-sang mountains of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province. For thousands of years it has sustained the nearby mining villages, whose inhabitants lived peacefully in the mountainous landscape--until the Taliban, known in the region as the Horsemen, came to seek the riches stored deep beneath the earth. Taliban rule has turned the stone into a conflict mineral, as they steal and sell it for their own gain. At the behest of the fledgling Afghan government, seeking to wrest back control of the province, United States Marines are sent into the mountains. A platoon led by their eager and naive commander, First Lieutenant Roberts, and a stoic, fierce squad leader, Sergeant King, must overcome barriers of language and culture in this remote region to win the locals' trust, and their freedom from Taliban rule. Along the way, they must also wrestle with their demons--and face unimaginably difficult choices."--Amazon.
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
United States. Marine Corps -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Badakhshān (Afghanistan) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Afghanistan -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre War comics.
Graphic novels.
ISBN 9780316448963
0316448966
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