FIRE IN MY EYES
Nonfiction Unstoppable FIRE IN MY EYES By Brad Snyder and Tom Sileo 248 pp. Da Capo By George O’Har Fire in My Eyes is the story of one man’s journey to hell and back. Ever since he had watched the towers come down on September 11, 2001, Brad Snyder knew what he wanted to do: become a warrior. Snyder’s grandfather had served in the Navy in World War II, and later spent his life building ships for the Navy. His influence, and his patriotism, infused Brad. He joined the swim team in high school, and then ended up attending the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was selected to become an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert. This was a choice that would ultimately cost Snyder his sight. The book recounts, in vivid and exciting detail, Snyder’s training as a bomb disposal expert, his deployment to Iraq in 2008, and his subsequent deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. The story of his first attempt to disarm a real IED mortar in the field is told with heart-stopping detail. But on the...