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Author biography, high-resolution cover art, portrait photography, and approved excerpts are available to journalists, producers, and event organizers on request. Interview and review-copy requests reach the same desk. Write to daltonalex@warriorslight.info or through the contact page.
- • Approved title: WARRIOR’S LIGHT
- • Approved subtitle: A Memoir of Faith, Fire & the American Soul
- • Author name on all references: Johnathan Alexander Dalton
Media kit
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Book, in one line
Warrior’s Light: From Shadows to Service to Legacy by Johnathan Alexander Dalton — a Marine Corps memoir of faith, service, grief, and the work of coming home. ISBN 9798187500321.
Author boilerplate
Johnathan Alexander Dalton served in the United States Marine Corps from 2007 to 2012, with Marine Corps Security Forces, at Marine Barracks Washington and Camp David, on dignified transfer duty at Dover, and on a 2012 deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He is a Clemson University graduate and lives in Anderson County, South Carolina.
Book description
Warrior’s Light follows one Marine from a hard childhood in upstate South Carolina through enlistment, ceremonial and security duty, the transfer of the fallen at Dover, a deployment alongside the Afghan 6th Kandak, and the long, unglamorous return to civilian life. Written in five parts and twenty-seven chapters, it treats faith not as a resolution but as the thing that keeps arriving. The hardcover runs 229 pages at 6 x 9 inches; the book is also available in paperback and Kindle editions.
Themes
- • Faith carried through service, loss, and return
- • Honoring the fallen and the duty of the dignified transfer
- • Childhood hardship and the decision to enlist
- • Life after the mission ends: family, work, and purpose
- • Legacy in a small Southern community
Usage notes
- • Credit images “Courtesy of Johnathan Alexander Dalton.”
- • Use the full author name on first reference.
- • Do not crop or overprint the cover art.
- • No valor award is claimed; a Letter of Appreciation is held.
- • Confirm anything not on this page before publication.
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Front cover art
High-resolution front cover of Warrior's Light.
Open full-size fileAuthor portrait
Portrait of Johnathan Alexander Dalton, supplied by the author.
Open full-size fileHardcover full wrap
Full jacket wrap for the 229-page hardcover edition.
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Fact sheet
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- Author
- Johnathan Alexander Dalton
- Book
- Warrior's Light: From Shadows to Service to Legacy
- Descriptor
- A Memoir of Faith, Fire & the American Soul
- Structure
- Five parts, twenty-seven chapters
- Hardcover
- 229 pages, 6 x 9 in
- Editions
- Kindle $6.99, paperback $14.99, hardcover $24.99 USD
- Service
- United States Marine Corps, 2007–2012
- Assignments
- Marine Corps Security Forces; Marine Barracks Washington (8th & I); Camp David; dignified transfer duty at Dover
- Deployment
- 2012, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, embedded with the Afghan 6th Kandak
- Education
- Clemson University graduate
- Home
- Anderson County, South Carolina
- Related platform
- Dalton VanguardRoots (DVRoots) — separate organization
- Press contact
- daltonalex@warriorslight.info
No valor award is claimed. The author holds a Marine Corps Letter of Appreciation. Please do not attribute bestseller status, review scores, or awards to this book.
Feature
Anderson Magazine
Anderson Magazine has featured Johnathan Alexander Dalton in coverage of local service, faith, and family history.
Anderson Magazine
How One Anderson County Marine Turned Adversity into a Life of Purpose
A profile of the author's road from Anderson County to the Marine Corps and back to service at home.
Read the feature at Anderson Magazine (opens in a new tab)Anderson Magazine
Growing a Legacy
Coverage of the family land, stewardship, and the community work rooted in the Home Place.
Read the feature at Anderson Magazine (opens in a new tab)
Appearance context
Clemson Military Appreciation Day
Clemson Military Appreciation Day is referenced in Warrior’s Light as the day the author carried the American flag down The Hill wearing #27 — Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day, Clemson versus The Citadel, November 18, 2017. The memoir treats it as a scene, not a credential.
Clemson University, its athletics program, and its affiliated organizations are named here descriptively. None has sponsored, reviewed, or endorsed this book, its author, or this website.
Related platform
Dalton VanguardRoots
Warrior’s Light tells the story. The work of Dalton VanguardRoots (DVRoots) carries some of those values — service, stewardship, and responsibility — into ongoing community work. It is a separate organization with its own mission and its own voice.
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