The gritty memoir of a former US Marine and Presidential Guard who after being unjustly held
and abused in a Russian gulag for three years and freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange
seeks revenge against his former Russian captors by volunteering to fight in Ukraine. In August
2019 Trevor Reed a former US Marine and Presidential Guard was arrested in Russia on false
trumped-up charges. For three years he was imprisoned in the infamous Russian gulag where the
inhumane treatment threatened his health so severely his parents and the U.S. government feared
for his life. After losing roughly fifty pounds from his already trim body he was released in
a 2022 prisoner swap that dominated headlines. Most people would go home try to move on with
their lives and forget the horrors they endured. But not Trevor Reed. Reed trained
relentlessly to regain his health and strength aiming to volunteer in Ukraine to fight the
Russians and seek revenge. Having faced Russian cruelty up close he knew what the Ukrainians
were experiencing and he knew he could help them. Just six months after being released from
prison Reed smuggled himself into Ukraine. He fought in one of the hottest fronts of the war .
. . until one dark night a comrade stepped on a land mine. Reed almost lost his leg and his
life barely making it home to Texas alive. A harrowing on-the-ground account of the war in
Ukraine Retribution is the story of one man’s dogged persistence and commitment to justice
regardless of the personal cost.
