Jesse (hardcopy)

Jesse is a powerful story about a young man who follows his father’s path into the military—driven not by ambition, but by the desire to understand and confront the people responsible for his father’s death. His journey begins with loyalty and hope, but quickly exposes him to harsh treatment, emotional wounds, and the heavy realities of war. When Jesse finally faces those who destroyed his family, he believes he has found justice… but instead he ignites a new cycle of retaliation. The children of the soldiers he confronted rise up in anger, repeating the same pattern, leaving Jesse trapped in a spiral of loss, conflict, and regret. Now older and carrying the weight of everything he has seen and done, Jesse reflects on how revenge multiplied pain instead of healing it, revealing a tragic legacy where no one truly wins and every act of violence births another.