In the tradition of Saving Private Ryan and Bridge Over the River Kwai , bestselling author Shipman delivers a powerful, action-packed novel that illustrates the long-buried secrets and unending costs of war--based on the true story of General Patton\'s clandestine unauthorized raid on a World War II POW camp.camp.
It will be another twenty years before the unsanctioned mission\'s secret motivation becomes public knowledge, creating a controversy that will forever color Patton\'s legacy and linger on in the lives of those who made it home at last--and the loved ones of those who did not..
For Curtis, the decision is an even more personal test of loyalty, friendship, and the values for which one will die or kill.
The liberation inmates hoped for becomes a struggle for survival marked by a stark choice: stay, or risk escaping into danger--while leaving some behind.
Wracked by poor judgment, insufficient arms, and bad luck, the raid unravels with shattering losses.
Yet their hopes of evading the enemy quickly evaporate.
With camps up and down the line, what makes Hammelburg so special they don\'t know, but orders are orders.
Indeed, fifty miles away, a Task Force of three hundred men is preparing to cross into Germany.
But whispers say General Patton\'s troops are on the way, and the camp may soon be liberated.
Inmates and guards alike are freezing and starving, with rations dwindling day by day.
Conditions are grim.
Captured during the Battle of the Bulge after the Germans launched a devastating surprise attack, Curtis is imprisoned at a POW camp in Hammelburg, Bavaria.
Yet for Captain Jim Curtis, each day is a reminder of how unpredictable and uncertain warfare can be.
Soon, surely, Axis forces must accept defeat.
Russia\'s Red Army is advancing hard on Germany from the east, bolstering Allied troops moving in from the west and north.
Allied forces are battle-worn but wearily optimistic.
March, 1945.
Shipman delivers a powerful, action-packed novel that illustrates the long-buried secrets and unending costs of war--based on the true story of General Patton\'s clandestine unauthorized raid on a World War II POW camp.
In the tradition of Saving Private Ryan and Bridge Over the River Kwai , bestselling author James D.
In the tradition of Saving Private Ryan and Bridge Over the River Kwai , bestselling author Shipman delivers a powerful, action-packed novel that illustrates the long-buried secrets and unending costs of war--based on the true story of General Patton\'s clandestine unauthorized raid on a World War II POW camp.camp
