After years spent in covert operations, Michael Reyes couldn’t escape the weight of everything he’d seen and done. The silence afterward was louder than the missions themselves. Struggling to make sense of it all, he turned to writing, not expecting anyone to read his words—just needing to let them out. Then he came across Dr Zachary S Davis novel “Above Scorched Skies”. It hit hard—raw, honest, and painfully familiar. Inspired, Michael began shaping his own story, cloaking truth in fiction. What started as personal healing turned into something more. Other veterans reached out, saying, “You wrote what we’ve never said.”