Part reading, part celebration, come to the Grupp Fireside Lounge at Canisius College for a party to toast the release of ALL THE WAYS WE KILL AND DIE on the day of it's publication. Brief talk, reading, and signing. Free food and drink provided. Books for sale by Talking Leaves. RSVP please.

Pre-pub buzz:
“The search for the story behind an IED death leads to the history of the post-9/11 wars and the lives of the men and women who fight them. . . . Castner does a beautiful job of putting together his puzzle, weaving all the seemingly disparate elements into one cohesive whole. . . . [His] writing is evocative and engaging, completely absorbing from beginning to end." – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“In this book Brian Castner takes us through a kind of moral detective work, uncovering not only private griefs, but also the broader military and social context of our country’s response to such deaths. A brilliant, moving, and troubling portrait of modern American warfare.” – Phil Klay, author of the National Book Award-winning Redeployment

“Brian Castner has written an intimate, heartfelt, and rending portrait of the American family at war and at home; and he’s done so in a totally surprising and captivating way, by making the journey as a detective, a soldier, a father, a husband, a citizen. How did my friend die, where did he go, where have I gone in the meantime, who did this to us? These are the questions that Castner meditates on as he searches—across thousands of miles and back through the years—for the moment when a total stranger decided to kill a man closest to him and his family. Deftly reported and elegiac in its language, this is a story every neighbor, every parent, every soldier, and every school civics class ought to consider required reading. All the Ways We Kill and Die has much to tell us about how to live.” – Doug Stanton, author of the New York Times bestseller Horse Soldiers