One Foot Over The Edge: A Canadian Soldi

"The scars we show become lighthouses for those about to hit the same rock."

- ANONYMOUS.

A quote from the screenplay written by Katelyn Wells, adapted from the book ONE FOOT OVER THE EDGE.

A true story of a young Canadian Soldier returning home from a war-torn Rwanda, after witnessing the most horrific genocide since WWII.

Corporal Shane Mutlow was held at gunpoint for two days by local forces, not knowing whether or not he would live to see another day. Labelled "whereabouts unknown" twice and held against his will while on a major operation by Rwandan government officials, Corporal Mutlow was sent off-road every day into unknown territories deep within the Rwandan jungle.

The genocide in Rwanda left Canadian troops completely unprepared for the tragedies they would be subjected to, from the suicide of a brother-in-arms on Christmas Day to returning home from his deployment to a wife and children who would never know the horrors he had endured.

Just six months spent in the midst of the Rwanda genocide would change this young soldier's life forever.

My name is Shane Mutlow, and I bore witness to what the world wanted to ignore.

This is my story.

Portions of each sale of this book will be donated to Fortitude Farms, a facility which provides equine therapy for those who suffer with mental illness. This is the place Ginger calls home.

Shane Mutlow is a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, where he spent time at 1 CDHSR as a radio operator, and at 3 RCR, where he served with a parachute company. Shane has been to many different countries while serving in the military. He was deployed on an UN tour, UNAMIR, in Rwanda, Africa, from 1994-1995, and witnessed the aftermath of the genocide caused by the civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi clans. He has had a successful career working at an engineering firm prior to his retirement in 2014. His story is twenty years in the making and is one that needs to be told.This is Shane's first book, but it will surely give the readers an insight into the horrors and setbacks that our Canadian soldiers and veterans struggle with when they arrive home after being in a theatre of operation. Shane continues to reside in Pembroke, ON, with his wife Justine and daughter Madison. His two boys, Nicolas and Zachary; his daughter, Addison; and his fiancée Avery live out west and frequently come to Pembroke for visits.