Sentinels of Fire
A Novel
Reeks: P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels
P. T. Deutermann
- P.T.
- Deutermann's
- World
- War
- II
- navy
- series
- began
- with
- the
- award-winning
- Pacific
- Glory,
- followed
- by
- the
- brilliantly
- reviewed
- Ghosts
- of
- Bungo
- Suido.
- His
- new
- novel
- Sentinels
- of
- Fire
- tells
- the
- tale
- of
- a
- lone
- destroyer,
- the
- USS
- Malloy,
- part
- of
- the
- Allied
- invasion
- forces
- attacking
- the
- island
- of
- Okinawa
- and
- the
- Japanese
- home
- islands.By
- the
- spring
- of
- 1945,
- the
- once
- mighty
- Japanese
- fleet
- has
- been
- virtually
- destroyed,
- leaving
- Japan
- open
- to
- invasion.
- The
- Japanese
- react
- by
- dispatching
- hundreds
- of
- suicide
- bombers
- against
- the
- Allied
- fleet
- surrounding
- Okinawa.
- By
- mid-May,
- the
- Allied
- fleet
- is
- losing
- a
- major
- ship
- a
- day
- to
- murderous
- swarms
- of
- kamikazes
- streaming
- out
- of
- Formosa
- and
- southern
- Japan.
- The
- radar
- picket
- line
- is
- the
- first
- defense
- and
- early
- warning
- against
- these
- hellish
- formations,
- but
- the
- Japanese
- direct
- special
- attention
- to
- these
- lone
- destroyers
- stationed
- north
- and
- west
- of
- Okinawa.One
- destroyer,
- the
- USS
- Malloy,
- faces
- an
- even
- more
- pressing
- issue
- when
- her
- Executive
- Officer
- Connie
- Miles
- begins
- to
- realize
- that
- the
- ship's
- much-admired
- Captain
- Pudge
- Tallmadge
- is
- losing
- his
- mind
- under
- the
- relentless
- pressure
- of
- the
- attacks.
- 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
- guidance—and
- 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.
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