D. Vincent Delorenzo is a U.S. Army veteran and the author of Sand and Silence and The Last Boat: Echoes After the War, the first two volumes in The Quiet Soldier Series. His upcoming literary war novel, Ashes in the Rain, continues his signature exploration of conflict, displacement, and the quiet moments that follow catastrophe.
Influenced by authors like Hemingway, Tim O’Brien, and Anthony Doerr, Delorenzo writes with a stripped-down, poetic voice that reflects both lived experience and deep emotional realism. His stories aren’t about battlefield heroics—they’re about memory, silence, and the weight of what we carry when no one’s watching.
When he’s not writing, Delorenzo finds peace in island life, distant shorelines, and the slow, meditative rhythm of boats, books, and solitude.
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D. Vincent Delorenzo is a U.S. Army veteran and the author of Sand and Silence and The Last Boat: Echoes After the War, the first two volumes in The Quiet Soldier Series. His upcoming literary war novel, Ashes in the Rain, continues his signature exploration of conflict, displacement, and the quiet moments that follow catastrophe.
Influenced by authors like Hemingway, Tim O’Brien, and Anthony Doerr, Delorenzo writes with a stripped-down, poetic...
A literary novel written in real time, during a modern war.
When rockets strike the Thai–Cambodian border, a family of three flees into the jungle. The father carries a medical bag. The boy carries a backpack. The mother holds a green umbrella — and everything else.
Ashes in the Rain is a deeply human, emotionally charged novel written in the days...
Book Two of The Quiet Soldier Series By D. Vincent Delorenzo
After the war, he disappeared.
Not into the earth, not into the bottle, but into the sea.
On the sun-bleached island of Ko Samet, a former U.S. Army veteran known only to a few locals begins the quiet work of salvaging a wrecked Thai junk boat from the...
She was the fire you thought would fade — but her spark lingers in every shadow.
She Was the Fire is the first book in The Fire Within poetry series, a collection that burns with honesty, resilience, and raw emotion. These poems capture the intensity of love, the ache of heartbreak, and the glow of healing, offering readers a journey through both...
