Pacific Glory

A Novel

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  • A
  • thrilling,
  • multi-layered
  • World
  • War
  • II
  • adventure
  • following
  • two
  • men
  • and
  • an
  • unforgettable
  • woman,
  • from
  • Pearl
  • Harbor
  • through
  • the
  • most
  • dramatic
  • air
  • and
  • sea
  • battles
  • of
  • the
  • warMarsh,
  • Mick,
  • and
  • Tommy
  • were
  • inseparable
  • friends
  • during
  • their
  • naval
  • academy
  • years,
  • each
  • man
  • desperately
  • in
  • love
  • with
  • the
  • beautiful,
  • unattainable
  • Glory
  • Hawthorne.
  • Graduation
  • set
  • them
  • on
  • separate
  • paths
  • into
  • the
  • military,
  • but
  • they
  • were
  • all
  • forever
  • changed
  • during
  • the
  • Pearl
  • Harbor
  • attack
  • on
  • December
  • 7,
  • 1941.Glory,
  • now
  • Tommy's
  • widow,
  • is
  • a
  • tough
  • Navy
  • nurse
  • still
  • grieving
  • her
  • loss
  • while
  • trying
  • to
  • save
  • lives.
  • Marsh,
  • a
  • surface
  • ship
  • officer,
  • finds
  • himself
  • in
  • the
  • thick
  • of
  • terrifying
  • sea
  • combat
  • from
  • Guadalcanal
  • through
  • Midway
  • to
  • a
  • climactic
  • showdown
  • at
  • Leyte
  • Gulf.
  • And
  • Mick,
  • a
  • hotshot
  • fighter
  • pilot
  • with
  • a
  • drinking
  • problem
  • and
  • a
  • chip
  • on
  • his
  • shoulder,
  • seeks
  • redemption
  • after
  • a
  • series
  • of
  • failures
  • leaves
  • him
  • grounded. Filled
  • with
  • wide-screen
  • action,
  • romance,
  • and
  • heroism
  • tinged
  • with
  • the
  • brutal
  • reality
  • of
  • war,
  • Pacific
  • Glory
  • is
  • a
  • dynamic
  • new
  • direction
  • for
  • an
  • acclaimed
  • thriller
  • writer.One
  • of
  • Library
  • Journal's
  • Best
  • Historical
  • Fiction
  • Books
  • of 2011
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