Here, at last and in his own words, is Tyler’s story .

. . Once upon a time .

. . There lived an ambitious boy determined to become a man before his time.

And a woman, a battered soldier who recognized the scars that marred his soul – scars that mirrored her own. Determined to help shape the warrior within him, it was their inexplicable bond that would for ever alter his heart . .

. And the loss of that love that would redefine his destiny. After all, nothing has ever been fair in love and war.