Permission to Live — Book 3 of the Will He Make It Saga
The war may have ended, but for Brian Wizard, the fight was far from over.
Permission to Live continues the Will He Make It Saga, following the long and deeply personal struggle of a Viet Nam combat veteran attempting to live with the invisible wounds of war. After surviving the battlefield, Brian is faced with another battle: confronting the lasting effects of combat stress and fighting for recognition, understanding, and accountability from the Veterans Administration.
This is more than a story about one veteran’s experience. Permission to Live explores what happens to soldiers after they come home—and raises an important question: If we prepare men and women physically, mentally, and tactically for war, shouldn’t we place the same importance on helping them recover from it?
Through frustration, survival, reflection, and eventual healing, Brian shares lessons drawn from a lifetime of experience—lessons that reach beyond Viet Nam and speak to combat veterans of every generation.
This expanded edition also includes the Continuation, carrying Brian’s story beyond the original ending and into the years that followed. There are victories, setbacks, healing, and even the possibility of a happy ending.
But this is a living story—and at the time of its telling, the journey isn’t quite over.
Read it. Learn from it. Share it.
The experiences and lessons within Permission to Live may help another veteran find their own way home.
For the fullest experience, readers are encouraged to begin with Books 1 and 2 of the Will He Make It Saga: Permission to Kill and Back in the World.