Prisoner Seven

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Victor Zillmer (retired) served for thirty years in both active and reserve duty, serving among other places—Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq, and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Starting service as a private in basic training, he rose through the ranks the hard way and was responsible for more than one thousand construction projects, including Saddam Hussein’s prison cell and the New Orleans surge barrier. LTC Zillmer has seen war and what it does to both the individuals and entire cultures. He now resides in Lindale, Texas, where he grows blackberries and writes novels.