Running After Midnight is the story of a talented, but aimless young man who enlists in the military, leaving behind family, friends and the love of his life in a quest to find himself while courageously serving his country. During the course of several overseas tours our hero learns the indelible lessons of war as he begins to question his motivations and actions. Returning home afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder, he struggles with substance abuse problems he thought he'd conquered before earning his stripes. While trying to mend the fractured relationships he maintains with his dysfunctional family he surprisingly manages to rekindle the romance with the woman he once foolishly tried to leave behind.

As our hero's delicate psyche begins to heal he experiences a political and spiritual awakening. Tired of watching career politicians hold him and his fellow citizens hostage while they elevate hypocrisy and cynicism to an art form, he takes to the airwaves, the Internet and the streets to voice hi