"So powerful, Hollywood can't ignore it!" From surviving war, cancer, cartel assassins, and homelessness to navigating the crushing loss of his children, F.A.T.E. is the unforgettable true story of Miguel De La Rocha , a man who has endured more than most could imagine. Told with raw honesty and emotional depth, this memoir captures the relentless battles of trauma, survival, and rebirth. Miguel's journey has captivated global audiences, earning numerous awards including: * International Impact Book Award * Recommended Book of the Year * Writer's Excellence Award * Featured Author of the Year * Trending Book of the Week * Ranked #1 "Best of the Best" by De Mode Magazine As featured on: America Tonight with Kate Delaney * The Logan Crawford Show * The Paul Ryden Interview * Cindy Witteman * Los Angeles Journal and more. This is the memoir for anyone who has faced trauma, loss, or darkness — and still hopes to rise. ✦ All author proceeds are reinvested directly into FATE LLC to expand its mission of helping veterans, first responders, and trauma survivors reclaim their Future After Traumatic Events. ✦ My life has unfolded with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller — childhood abuse, war, cancer, homelessness, and surviving multiple assassination attempts. Yet I did not write this book to relive the chaos I escaped. I wrote it because too many veterans, first responders, and trauma survivors are quietly suffering, believing their story is over. I expose everything in these pages so others never lose hope. So they understand that trauma is not the end. So they know they are worthy of life, love, and a future beyond their darkest moments. Your past is not your prison. Your trauma is not the final scene. Your future is yours to reclaim.   Semper Anticus ~ Always Forward! HOOAH! — Miguel De La Rocha ✦ All author proceeds are reinvested directly into FATE LLC to expand its mission of helping veterans, first responders, and trauma survivors reclaim their Future After Traumatic Events. ✦ MY DARKEST DAY Boom! Blam! Pop! Words that we become familiar with in comic books and cartoons for explosive conflict—sounds that seem innocuous until you hear a real boom that breaks your willpower or a string of popping that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. The ground still trembles and rumbles from the concussion of blasts with the ever-present enveloping smoke. Flashes of blinding lights pierce through the unyielding black cloud, deafening cannons fire their rounds, and the suffocating stench of gunpowder invades my nostrils and lungs. I can feel it thicken, choking me as I breathe. It is the Fourth of July; fireworks explode in San Diego. Through the dense black, gray, and white smoke with the strobes of bright light and concussion blasts of the cannons, a hole rips open before me, cutting through space and time between worlds. A hole as tall as me and twice as wide reveals the sight of a war I was all too familiar with. As I gaze into this oval portal, combat wages on. It draws me in, pulling at me to walk through it and reenter the war as I lose all sense of time and space in the current world I live in. I just have to walk through it. Just one step and I could be back in time. My legs are frozen. My feet are as though they are grounded into the asphalt, unable to lift off the ground. I can't move. I can't turn my head. I can only use my mind, my thoughts. As I stand there paralyzed, the time-warp tunnel folds from within. The rift of time and space collapses as I begin choking on the gun smoke drowning me. No one told me when you are a part of war, it becomes permanently etched into your brain and psyche. It alters you, changing who you are. You are never the same again. It fights to take over like the enemy that it is. ✦ All author proceeds are reinvested directly into FATE LLC to expand its mission of helping veterans, first responders, and trauma survivors reclaim their Future After Traumatic Events. ✦ F.A.T.E. My Future After Traumatic Events is a powerful story about a man who went through a lot—from being dead at birth, to having cancer as a teenager, through his time as a soldier and beyond. Miguel De La Rocha has been very open about his experiences battling the Angel of Death and traumatic events, which has become an inspiration to always push through life and never give up. This book is a great read for people who like action-packed, dramatic, and relatable autobiographies. ✦ All author proceeds are reinvested directly into FATE LLC to expand its mission of helping veterans, first responders, and trauma survivors reclaim their Future After Traumatic Events. ✦ Miguel De La Rocha is a decorated Army combat veteran, trauma survivor, and international multi-award-winning author whose life has taken him through some of the darkest and most dangerous corners of human experience. From childhood adversity to cancer as a teenager, from the battlefield to survi