From Simon & Schuster, Year of the Gun is Michael Mewshaw's novel about one writer's quest for the truth.In Rome, where anarchy prevails under The Red Brigade, American writer David Raybourne finds inspiration for a novel on terrorism. But when an overly ambitious photojournalist meddles in his affairs, the manuscript falls into wrong hands and Raybourne discovers no one can be trusted, not even his lover, as he fights for his life.