Summary

Aziz stands on the banks of a dry creek and looks at the towers of FOB Sharana in the distance. Even though the creek bed is dry at that time, Azaz knows the rain will fill it, then it will dry out. He lays in his truck and thinks about how he needs to find the American in charge of debriefing the Afghans to tell that American he’s lost control. He will help Commander Sabir get his outpost built. He plans to use to Americans to get the medicine he needs to help Fareeda survive. He hopes to succeed in the war where Atal and Gazan failed. In the morning, it is raining. Aziz washes his face in the water that is pooling in the creekbed.

Analysis

It is in this section of the novel that the tense of the novel returns...