Revered by many, feared and hated by others, Maroun Machaalani played a starring part in the Lebanese civil war. Catapulted from teenage to the bloody universe of resistance, he joined the legendary BG Commandos troop at only eighteen years of age. There, he would rise in the ranks and become an influential leader within the Lebanese Forces institution. Brave and intriguing, this go-to man with an impressive resumé would forge close ties with renowned figures, from 1975 to 1986. In War Cross, a two-part autobiographical novel, Machaalani sheds light, for the first time, on untold events from the civil war, then describes his slow descent into Hell, and his conversion that made him the man he is today.