Adam Makos

***NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING JONATHAN MAJORS AND GLEN POWELL***This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.Erik LarsonA must read. New York Post Devotion is the gripping story of the US Navys most famous aviator duo - Tom Hudner, a white, blue-blooded New Englander, and Jesse Brown, a black sharecroppers son from Mississippi. Against all odds, Jesse beat back racism to become the Navys first black aviator. Against all expectations, Tom passed up a free ride at Harvard to fly fighter planes for his country. Barely a year after President Truman ordered the desegregation of the military, the two became wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32 and went on to fight side-by-side in the Korean War. In an enthralling narrative, Adam Makos follows Tom and Jesses journey to the wars climatic battle at the Chosin Reservoir, where they flew headlong into waves of troops in order to defend an entire division of Marines trapped on a frozen lake. It was here that one of them was faced with an unthinkable choice - and discovered how far they would go to save a friend.

The New York Times BestsellerBrilliant... GrippingWall Street JournalFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunners journey into the heart of the Third Reich. At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit.After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art super tank, one of twenty in the European theatre.But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: now they will spearhead every attack. Thats how Clarence finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the Fortress City of Germany.Battling through the ruins, Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans.As Clarence and Gustav trade fire down a long boulevard, they are confronted by a tragic mistake of war. What happens next will haunt Clarence to the modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time.

This instant Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of two fighter pilots whose remarkable encounter during World War II became the stuff of legend.Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. Suddenly a German Messerschmitt fighter pulled up on the bombers tail - the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger. This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies that day - the American - 2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown and the German - 2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler.A Higher Call follows both Charlie and Franzs harrowing missions and gives a dramatic account of the moment when they would stare across the frozen skies at one another. What happened between them, the American 8th Air Force would later classify as top secret. It was an act that Franz could never mention or else face a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would seek out one another and reunite.

A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances.Soon to be major motion picture starring Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell, with a supporting cast including Joe Jonas!Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, both Navy pilots during the Korean War in 1950, come from different backgrounds: Hudner is a white New Englander, a son of privilege; Brown is an African American son of a sharecropper from Mississippi. When the two men join forces in Fighter Squadron 32, they forge a deep friendship at a time when racial inequality was prevalent in America.An unwavering commitment binds Tom and Jesse to each other as well as to their comrades. The two fly to save a division of US Marines cornered during the battle at Chosin Reservoir, but catastrophe strikes when one of them is shot down behind enemy lines and trapped in the wreckage of his plane. The other will face an unthinkable choice: watch their friend die, or attempt one of historys most audacious one-man rescue missions.What transpires is harrowing and heartbreaking, an inspirational story for all time.

After being shot down in Nazi-occupied Romania during WWII, a rookie American bomber crew must turn to unlikely allies: Romanian royalty. A thrilling true story from the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call, Spearhead, and DevotionIts July 1943, and every available American B-24 bomber has been gathered in the Libyan desert for a secret mission: Operation Tidal Wave, a raid against Ploesti, home to the Romanian oil refineries that supply Hitlers war machine with the lifeblood of war. But smashing Hitlers gas station will require the most daring mission of the war, a raid of heavy bombers attacking volatile refineries at treetop level.That task falls to Lieutenant Ernie Paulson and the rookie bomber crews of the 389th Bomb Group. A twenty-two-year-old copilot, Ernie, a farm kid from humble origins in Utah, is now embarking on the first adventure of his life. But when Ernie and his crew are shot down during the adrenaline-fueled attack, they crash-land in the last place they ever imagined: on the estate of Romanian princess Catherine Caradja.After rescuing them from the clutches of the Nazis that occupy Romania, Princess Catherine adopts the American POWs as her boys and vows to get them home. Along the way, she brings the young men into a circle of unlikely allies, including Romanias twenty-one-year-old monarch, whos searching for a way to extract his nation from the Axis powers, and her cousin, a dashing Romanian ace reluctantly flying for the wrong side.As the war turns against Germany, the American prisoners and their Romanian captors come to an understandingtheir survival depends on joining forces. When Romanias young king stages a coup against the Nazis, Ernie and the POWs are drawn into their most perilous mission yet: a great escape that will require the aid of their unlikely Romanian allies, forging a bond of friendship that will shape the rest of their lives.From a long-overlooked front of World War II, Adam Makos delivers a gripping true story destined to join the ranks of military historys finest.

Adapted for young adults from the New York Times bestseller, a riveting and true WWII story of a young man--an American tank gunner--who meets his destiny in an iconic armor duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy.Shut the hatches. Its time to roll out. Youll find yourself behind enemy lines with Clarence Smoyer and the 3rd Armored Division, the workhorse unit known as "Spearhead," the best in the tank armor ranks.Youll feel as if you are right beside Clarence and his fellow crew members--all formerly strangers from across America who have now become family to each other. You will be jarred by enemy fire, and then explore the other side, stepping into the boots of German tanker soldier, Gustav Schaefer and his crew. Youll witness the heartbreaking tragedy, when an innocent young woman is caught in the crossfire. Youll see what happens when all of these lives collide, and realize how the aftershock still affects the survivors more than a half a century later. A riveting and true account of the perils of war as well as the prospect of forgiveness.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A riveting (USA Today) true tale of courage during Americas forgotten war in Korea, from the author of A Higher Call and SpearheadIn the spirit of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat comes Devotion.Associated PressAerial drama at its bestfast, powerful, and moving.Erik LarsonDevotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navys most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecroppers son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navys first Black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldnt even serve him in a bar. While much of America remained divided by segregation, Tom and Jesse joined forces as wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32.Devotion takes us soaring overhead with these bold young aviators and into the foxholes with the Marines as they battle a North Korean invasion. As the fury of the fighting escalates and the Marines are cornered at the Chosin Reservoir, Tom and Jesse fly, guns blazing, to try to save them. When one of the duo is shot down behind enemy lines, the other embarks on one of historys most audacious one-man rescue missions.An unforgettable story of bravery and selflessness, Devotion asks: How far would you go to save a friend?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of A Higher Call and Devotion presents the engrossing (CNN) true story of an American tank gunners journey into the heart of the Third Reich during World War II, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor dueland forge an enduring bond with his enemy.A band of brothers in an American tank . . . Makos drops the reader back into the Pershings turret and dials up a battle scene to rival the peak moments of Fury.The Wall Street JournalWhen Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunners seat of his Sherman tank, he discovers a hidden talent: Hes a natural-born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored DivisionSpearheadthought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the murderous German Panther and a pattern soon emerged: The lead tank always gets hit.After Clarence sees his friends cut down at the West Wall and in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fellow comradesthe Pershing, a state-of-the-art super tank. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: Now they will spearhead every attack.Thats how Clarence finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the Fortress City of Germany. Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans. What happens next will haunt Clarence to the modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: Beautifully told.CNN A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.USA Today Oh, its a good one!Fox News A beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture. December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bombers tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stiglerand he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...What happened next would defy imagination and later be called the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.The U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as top secret. It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.

From the bestselling author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture, comes an unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic US Marines who fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivotal battles during the Pacific War, a classic book now expanded with new stories from the flyboys overhead and the home front at war.Look for The Pacific miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix! Following fifteen Marines from Pearl Harbor, through their battles with the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With vivid, unforgettable detail, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the camaraderie they found, the friends they lost, and the aftermath of the wars impact on their lives. With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R.V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatumwhose exploits were featured in the classic HBO miniseries The Pacificand their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division.

Dezembro de 1943. Um bombardeiro americano seriamente danificado se esforça para sobrevoar a zona de guerra alemã. No controle está um jovem de 21 anos, o segundo-tenente Charlie Brown. A maior parte

Diciembre de 1943, un bombardero estadounidense gravemente dañado en una misión de bombardeo sobre Alemania lucha por mantenerse en vuelo, de regreso a Gran Bretaña. A los mandos está el segundo teniente Charlie Brown, de veintiun años. La mitad de su tri