<div><p>&quot;A one-time soldier, [Somerset] paints a convincing picture. . . . Yet he maintains a consistent sense of humor—self-deprecating, gruff, curmudgeonly.&quot;—<i>Globe &amp; Mail</i></p><p>&quot;Rambling, tragic, and surprisingly funny.&quot;—<i>Quill &amp; Quire</i></p><p>In <i>Arms</i>, novelist, sports shooter, and former army reservist A.J. Somerset instills new life in the gun book's third wave: neither reportage nor redneck tourism,<i>Arms</i> brings ballistics, legal history, and criminology to bear on the gun in fiction and film. A sharp-eyed, snarky, sure-handed, and sportive take on America's favorite weapon.</p><p><b>A.J. Somerset</b>'s nonfiction has appeared in numerous outdoor magazines, and his first novel,<i>Combat Camera</i>, won the Metcalf-Rooke Award.</p></div>