Jake Sully: First Light
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Bring Me To Life by Evanescence (A. Lee, B. Moody, D. Hodges)
Jake Sully is a tenacious kind of guy. He is an adrenaline junkie and thoroughly physical; for him, the tougher, faster and more dangerous a challenge, the better. As a professional soldier, member of an elite squad of Marines, he believes that there isn't a test too hard for him to master. For Jake being second is simply not good enough.
But then he becomes a first he never wanted to be—the first casualty in a new war. On the morning of the first day of his mission, he is severely injured. With his spine shattered, he loses the ability to stand up, let alone walk. Through weeks and months of agonizing physical pain and emotional ups and downs he seeks to redefine himself and find a way to become whole again. Deep inside he longs for a purpose, a fight worth fighting; but how do you make a difference, how you stand up for something if you can't stand up?