Blurb

Meet Luke Archer, a British Egyptian doctor who struggles to be from two worlds at the same time. He’s working in one of the world’s most dangerous hospitals in Yemen. When rebel forces take over the city, a group of Western mercenaries take refuge inside the hospital and Luke and his team find themselves in the middle of a deadly clash. To make matters worse, leading the mercenaries is an unwelcome figure from Luke’s past. After years saving the lives of others, Luke needs to face the demons of his past in order to save his own.

Set in the UK and Yemen, Guns and Almond Milk is a literary thriller that deals with identity, diversity and old coins of arguable value. It’s The Sympathizer mixed with M.A.S.H by the way of Ramy.

Review

I was unsure what I expected from this but what I got was a fast paced, fairly graphic story with dry, gallows humour, of medics treating soldiers in war torn Yemen, with the intriguing back story of two of the characters, who find themselves reunited in siege circumstances as the hospital comes under sustained attack from the rebels.

The back story of Adam/Luke and Max was not what I expected. What could a first time volunteer medic and a mercenary possibly have been involved in together in the past? Sorry, no spoilers.

Besides the obvious war theme, the other main theme is that of names and identity. Yes…the age old “but where are you really from” question.

An interesting and thought provoking read.

Thank you to the author and @The_WriteReads for the eARC for the purposes of this review.