<p><span></span></p><p><b><span>From the author of </span><span><i>The Memory Monster</i></span><span>, a </span><span><i>New York Times</i></span><span> Notable Book of 2020, comes a gripping examination of the complexities of military service as experienced by Abigail, a psychologist who becomes implicated in the dilemmas soldiers encounter both on and off the battlefield.</span></b></p><p><span>The tenacious narrator of Yishai Sarid’s </span><span>Victorious</span><span> is Abigail, a military psychologist and single mother who has spent her career in the Israeli Army. A leading expert in the psychology of combat, Abigail helps soldiers negotiate the trauma of war while instructing commanders on best practices for killing with resilience and efficacy. </span><br></p><p><span>As her son Shauli approaches the age for military service, Abigail becomes increasingly involved in the lives of the army’s Chief of Staff and those of her patients, and the