The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific

n [A] tour de force.--Publishers Weekly starred review n n*** n nJimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. n nLife in the Philippines seems like paradise--until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history. n nWhat follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive. n nInspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope. n n*** n nRemarkable.--Mark Sullivan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky n nPacked with tension.--Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours n nSuch real characters.--Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook n nRiveting.--Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series n nUtterly compelling.--Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things n nSimply magnificent.--Don Bentley, New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Intent n nDazzling.--Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire n nA tremendous story.--Andrew Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Madagascar n nBeautifully and faultlessly told.--Steve Martini, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Flag