September 11, 2001. America reels from multiple attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania. It's war. John Bennett entered his senior year at the University of Portland. A bright and promising student, his eyes set on law school, abruptly drops out and joins the Army. Compelled by a sense of duty and unconscious destiny, he's drawn into the war. He soon realizes war is not anything he imagined. It's messy, political, and confusing. Serving in Iraq on an Information Operations Team, John experiences war in all of its devastation, beguiling promise, and eventual heartbreak. He not only questions America's role but the purpose of war. It leads to total breakdown, a destruction manifested in his soul, bringing everything into question about his belief in God, the role of evil, purpose of suffering, and the meaning of his life. EXIT WOUNDS is one young man's journey from idealism to realism, and all the lessons learned along the way.