They were enemies who fought on the same side. Rance McWinston is a bestselling mystery writer who travels to war-torn Afghanistan to find a new subject to write about. Leonid Bychkov is an embittered former Russian Forces fighter who has a personal score to settle. When a horrific event takes place on the battlefield, the lines are drawn between these two determined men and the conflict continues in small-town America when they meet again and bring the war home. The Town That Said No is drawn from actual incidents and shows not only the tragedy of war but the emotional and political effects that combat has on the people sent to fight it. It is a story where nobody is who they seem to be, and everybody pays a price. Nat Segaloff is a prolific biographer and motion picture historian who has published over two dozen books. This is his second novel.