Sentinels of Fire: A Novel
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 125004118X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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P. Y. . DEUTERMANN is the author of sixteen previous novels, including Ghosts of Bungo Suido and Pacific Glory, which won the W. He lives with his wife in North Carolina. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. Deutermann spent twenty-six years in military and government service, which
"A great read for anyone who has gone to sea in" according to ERE. My first ship was a somewhat later (19A 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 sea in destroyers, and an accurate view of life on a destroyer for those who haven't. BZ to the author!. 5) 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 sea in destroyers, and an accurate view of life on a destroyer for those who haven't. BZ to the author!. A great storyteller leaves you hanging on the next paragraph 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's written. When is the next one?. 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 . 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). 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. 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. 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 and vicious command, this is an excellent WWII naval adventure from an author whose backli
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. The Japanese react by dispatching hundreds of suicide bombers against the Allied fleet surrounding Okinawa. 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. Vividly authentic, historically accurate, and emotionally comp