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A hundred years after Hemingway made Pamplona an adrenaline-fueled pilgrimage, Bulls Amongst Men follows a new generation drawn to the same narrow streets -- this time led by a wounded American soldier chasing something he can't name.
Michael, a combat medic recently home from Afghanistan, struggles to find peace in the stillness of civilian life. Haunted by the ghosts of his service and the suicide of a fellow soldier, he drifts through days that feel borrowed. When news of his friend's death brings his old unit together, the reunion ignites a reckless plan to honor their fallen brother: they'll meet in Pamplona for the running of the bulls.
In Spain, amid the chaos of the San Fermín festival, Michael's search for meaning collides with a city built on danger, ritual, and rebirth. The cobblestone streets pulse with life and death in equal measure -- where courage and recklessness blur, and where men like him seek to outrun the pain they carry. As the bulls charge and the crowd swells, Michael is swept into a world of revelry, guilt, and fleeting connection. He meets Grace, a traveler drawn to Pamplona for her own quiet reasons, whose presence forces him to confront the violence he's both endured and embodied.
As the festival unfolds, the rituals of running, drinking, and mourning intertwine. What begins as a tribute becomes a reckoning -- with his father, his friends, and himself. Michael's final run through the most dangerous section of the encierro is both a desperate act of defiance and a plea for redemption. In his struggle to keep pace with the bulls, he comes face to face with what it means to live, to sacrifice, and to let go.
Through vivid prose and layered symbolism, Bulls Amongst Men mirrors the life cycle of the Spanish fighting bull -- from the freedom of the pasture to the inevitability of the arena. Set against the timeless backdrop of Pamplona's festival, it explores the quiet tension between survival and surrender, and the way broken men find meaning in motion.
In the end, as the songs of Pobre de Mí echo through the streets and the candles burn low, Bulls Amongst Men becomes more than a story of one man's struggle -- it's a meditation on brotherhood, mortality, and the impossible beauty of running headlong into the things we fear most.
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