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SHIP OF TEARS IBD

PENMORE PRESS LLC
06 / 2025
9781957851969
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Sinopsis

Someone is murdering Marines on their way to GuadalcanalItâÇÖs 1942, and AmericaâÇÖs fastest, finest troopshipáU.S.S. James F. Bridgeráis five days out of Pearl and headed for the Solomon Islands to take part in the war for the Pacific. The ship is hosting The First Marine Division, andáBridgerâÇÖsáexecutive officer, Commander Jonas Pratt, USNR, is tasked with maintaining order from her boiler rooms to her masthead. ButáBridgerâÇÖsásafe, steady passage is disrupted by a man overboard alarm. A pool of blood on B Deck near a boarding gate suggests something more sinister than mere accident. A small-town lawyer in civilian life, Pratt senses criminality. When another murdered MarineâÇÖs body turns up in a forward hold, Pratt and his team must find a serial killer with access to every part of a huge ship carrying thousands of men, all of them trained to fight - and kill.á PrattâÇÖs manhunt takes him all the way to the Battle of Henderson Field and a confrontation with JapanâÇÖs vaunted Sendai Division. Only when heâÇÖs shoulder to shoulder with a devoted band of tough, young Marines will Pratt discover the true price of duty. But will he find justice for BridgerâÇÖs murdered souls?-'A gripping, fast-paced introduction to a hero-and the mightyáBridger-youâÇÖll be reading more about.'áá Lt. Charles Horn, USN (Ret.)

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