During Tony Toscotti's first year of college in the mid-1960s, his passion for scholarly pursuits-and for his first love Margaret-are completely and utterly squashed. The circumstances point to one responsible party: God, driving Toscotti to declare his own personal war on the Almighty. A novice combatant, Toscotti soon finds himself in unfamiliar territory, coping with a Vietnam-era Army boot camp, training as a helicopter pilot, and trekking...