This Shall Be a House of Peace (Paperback)

This Shall Be a House of Peace won me fully from the first page. I could taste the dust of Afghanistan again and could see the hills and villages and the people in them. If we could go back in time and have the soldiers and generals of the last eighteen years of war read this book, perhaps we could have come up with better outcomes for Afghanistan than we have to date * Dr. Kristian C. Gustafson, Senior Lecturer, Brunel University *
Gritty, unsparingly realistic, and disturbing. And at the same time, Halton's prose is beautiful and haunting. * A Ruined Chapel by Moonlight *
Halton's debut is a must-read for all who turn to books for an understanding of worlds other than their own. * Booklist (starred review) *
It's easy to look at the Taliban as a faceless, fanatic menace, but This Shall Be a House of Peace offers us something different: humanity and understanding. Phil Halton has told a story that feels both mythic and direct. * Matt Lennox, author of Knucklehead *