War is a game, a brutal, deadly game, but a game, the best there is. And men love games.

––William Broyles, Jr.

Under the spell of combat myth, a counterfeit hero decides to become a real one. Hounded by recession and god-awful luck, he goes for broke, ultimately following the Foreign Legion to the African Horn as a conflict photographer. He expects to perform well until he learns his favorite war stories told lies.