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Books By Ray Deptula
One Man’s War, A Nation’s Reckoning
After 24 years in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Aviator and Political-Military Officer serving in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean, Ray Deptula has witnessed firsthand how political dysfunction and certain aspects of human nature repeat themselves across eras. His debut historical novel, A Dog Before A Soldier, brings that insight to life through the story of a young man forced into the military and ensuing war out of desperation during the American Revolution.
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A Dog Before a Soldier
In A Dog Before A Soldier, the battlefield is only half the story. As gunpowder fills the air and empires clash, Jack Halliday wages his own internal war—against power, identity, and the meaning of freedom. Through him, the chaos of revolution becomes personal, revealing the high cost of both obedience and rebellion in a world desperate to redefine itself.
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Can’t Find My Way Home
The second book, Can’t Find My Way Home, will reveal Jack’s shared experience with Custis in the Continental Army as together they endure a brutal winter at the American encampment at Morristown, New Jersey, and the violent civil war in South Carolina, each fighting for a different version of freedom and survival.
A Dog Before A Soldier is the first book in Deptula’s Those Damn Yankees series. Book two, Can’t Find My Way Home, is scheduled for release in July 2026.
