Sentinels of Fire: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 125004118X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Set against the blazing gun battles created by the last desperate offensive of the Japanese, Executive Officer Miles and the ship's officers grapple with the consequences of losing their skipper's guidanceand perhaps the ship itself and everyone on board. Vividly authentic, historically accurate, and emotionally compelling, Sentinels of Fire is military adventure at its best, by an author whose career as a Navy captain informs every page.. Deutermann's World War II navy series began with the award-winning Pacific Glory, followed by the brilliantly reviewed Ghosts of Bungo Suido. The Japanese react by dispatching hundreds of suicide bombers against the Allied fleet surrounding Okinawa. His new novel Sentinels of Fire
A great read for anyone who has gone to sea in ERE My first ship was a somewhat later (1945) version of the ship in this book. I identified with everything about life on board and was blown away by the accuracy with with the author described the ship, and moving around in it. When he went down a ladder and turned aft or forward, I could see it in my head. A great read for anyone who has gone to se. A great storyteller leaves you hanging on the next paragraph Harold L. Flescher I'm a history buff and was born 2 months before Pearl Harbor, and remember the news movies from that time. I enjoy historical fiction based in truth. On top of doing that, Deuterman is a great storyteller. His books have given me several sleepless nights because I can't put them down and miss the next part of the store. And I've read everything he. Helps understand the end of the WWII While I knew about Kamikaze attacks, this novel places the toll on the USN (its fleet, sailors and officers) in both emotional and intellectual context. Deutermann is a very good writer who's able to describe sea tactics, ship and aircraft movements and crew interactions so that the reader is able to stay apace as the story and action unfolds.
--David Pitt . From Booklist When Connie Miles signs on as executive officer of the destroyer USS Malloy in 1945, he knows he has a lot of learning to do in a very short time: life on a destroyer is considerably different from life on an aircraft carrier, where Miles had been a gunnery officer. Can a raw executive officer and a crew who need a captain’s leadership complete their latest mission without cracking under the pressure? With echoes of both Thomas Heggen’s Mr. Soon Miles begins to suspect that the ship’s respected and popular captain is showing signs of mental instability (the Malloy has been under near-constant attack for an extended period of time). Roberts (1946) and Herman Wouk’s The Caine Mutiny (1952), in which a junior officer must try to maintain the efficiency and spirit of the crew under a captain’s relentlessly mean a
T. DEUTERMANN is the author of sixteen previous novels, including Ghosts of Bungo Suido and Pacific Glory, which won the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. He lives with his wife in North Carolina. Deutermann spent twenty-six years in military and government service, which included a Pearl