U.S. Army Staff Sargeant Travis Mills could never have predicted how much his life would be altered when, on a routine mission in Afghanistan, an IED exploded beneath him. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost--Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive a quadruple amputation. In this remarkable memoir, he recalls the action-packed and challenging days of his tours of duty, and his odds-defying struggle to come back from his injuries and rebuild his life. eBook edition.