The Mark
A Novel of Friendship, Ambition, and the Cost of Honor at the U.S. Naval Academy (Built to Vanish, Book 1)
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Terence McGovern
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Anne Keene
At the U.S. Naval Academy, invisibility is survival. Gary Hale returns for his second year determined to follow the rules that kept him safe as a plebe: keep quiet, keep hidden, keep overlooked. But when a late-night act of loyalty to a struggling classmate drags him into the orbit of a mismatched crew, Gary finds himself breaking every rule he set for himself.
Drawn together by chance and bound by unspoken codes, Gary, Brenna, Darnell, and Newbs forge a friendship that becomes both refuge and crucible. On the field, in the ring, and in the shadowed corners of Bancroft Hall, they learn to carry each other through triumphs and humiliations that the Academy demands. Yet belonging has a cost. Each step closer to the group threatens Gary’s carefully guarded invisibility, forcing him to confront what kind of person he is willing to be—and what he is willing to sacrifice.
The Mark is a literary coming-of-age novel about friendship, ambition, and the cost of honor in one of America’s most storied institutions. For listeners of Tobias Wolff, Andre Dubus, or Pat Conroy, it explores the razor-thin line between survival and transformation.
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