Retribution : a US Marine's fight for justice, from the Russian gulag to Ukraine's front lines / Trevor Reed, with Jim DeFelice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Trevor, 1991- author.

DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reed, Trevor, 1991-.

Reed, Trevor.

Marines--United States--Biography.

Marines.

False imprisonment--Russia.

False imprisonment.

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014---Personal narratives.

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-.

Russia.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies

Personal narratives

Personal narratives.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2026].

Summary:

"In August 2019, Trevor Reed, a former US Marine and Presidential Guard, was arrested in Russia on false, trumped-up charges. For three years, he was imprisoned in the infamous Russian gulag, where the inhumane treatment threatened his health so severely his parents and the U.S. government feared for his life. After losing roughly fifty pounds from his already trim body, he was released in a 2022 prisoner swap that dominated headlines. Most people would go home, try to move on with their lives, and forget the horrors they endured. But not Trevor Reed. Reed trained relentlessly to regain his health and strength, aiming to volunteer in Ukraine to fight the Russians and seek revenge. Having faced Russian cruelty up close, he knew what the Ukrainians were experiencing, and he knew he could help them. Just six months after being released from prison, Reed smuggled himself into Ukraine. He fought in one of the hottest fronts of the war . . . until one dark night a comrade stepped on a land mine. Reed almost lost his leg and his life, barely making it home to Texas alive. A harrowing, on-the-ground account of the war in Ukraine, Retribution is the story of one man's dogged persistence and commitment to justice, regardless of the personal cost." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

One: Semper Fi

Two: Love and Fate

Three: Learning Russian

Four: Arrested

Five: What My Parents Heard

Six: Making Bail

Seven: More Lessons

Eight: Parental Support

Nine: Fake Justice

Ten: F*** You, Putin

Eleven: Homefront

Twelve: Carrying On

Thirteen: The Gulag

Fourteen: Hunger as a Weapon

Fifteen: Hopes and Fears

Sixteen: Rumor

Seventeen: Desperate Measures

Eighteen: Do You Feel Cool?

Nineteen: Homecoming

Twenty: Life as a Free Man

Twenty-One: Ukraine

Twenty-Two: On the Way

Twenty-Three: Letting Go

Twenty-Four: First Blood

Twenty-Five: Rogue Team

Twenty-Six: One Last Mission

Twenty-Seven: Ready to Die

Epilogue.

ISBN:

9780063428546

0063428547

OCLC:

1565148683