The Screaming Sands: A Novel
Apr 2027 · Sold by St. Martin's Press
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By the three-time winner of the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction: an unforgettable thriller set on post-WWII Iwo Jima
In 1947, two years after the surrender of Japan, an American contingent is sent to the devastated island of Iwo Jima. Led by newly-appointed Consul Chad Grey, the mission is to begin disinterring the nearly 7000 Marines who were killed during the island’s legendary assault and prepare the remains for return and burial in America.
But Grey soon finds his tasking complicated by a hidden danger: holdover soldiers from the defeated Japanese military, the last few survivors of what had been more than 20,000 men. Unaware that the war has ended, these soldiers seek honor in death and will fight to the end. Then Japan sends its own mission to Iwo Jima, seeking to repatriate its dead—but with another agenda that might threaten the post-war order of American power.
Working with a charismatic but damaged female general, a Japanese doctor with ambiguous motivations, and a host of military personnel who harbor deep anger against Japan and all its people, Grey must survive typhoons, outwit holdovers and their death wish, and explore what really lies beneath the burning, sulfurous sands of Iwo Jima. The Screaming Sands is a dramatic, utterly authentic thriller by an award-winning master of military adventure fiction.
In 1947, two years after the surrender of Japan, an American contingent is sent to the devastated island of Iwo Jima. Led by newly-appointed Consul Chad Grey, the mission is to begin disinterring the nearly 7000 Marines who were killed during the island’s legendary assault and prepare the remains for return and burial in America.
But Grey soon finds his tasking complicated by a hidden danger: holdover soldiers from the defeated Japanese military, the last few survivors of what had been more than 20,000 men. Unaware that the war has ended, these soldiers seek honor in death and will fight to the end. Then Japan sends its own mission to Iwo Jima, seeking to repatriate its dead—but with another agenda that might threaten the post-war order of American power.
Working with a charismatic but damaged female general, a Japanese doctor with ambiguous motivations, and a host of military personnel who harbor deep anger against Japan and all its people, Grey must survive typhoons, outwit holdovers and their death wish, and explore what really lies beneath the burning, sulfurous sands of Iwo Jima. The Screaming Sands is a dramatic, utterly authentic thriller by an award-winning master of military adventure fiction.
By the three-time winner of the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction: an unforgettable thriller set on post-WWII Iwo Jima
In 1947, two years after the surrender of Japan, an American contingent is sent to the devastated island of Iwo Jima. Led by newly-appointed Consul Ch...
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About the author
P.T. DEUTERMANN is the noted author of many previous novels based on his experiences as a senior staff officer in Washington and at sea as a Navy Captain, and later, Commodore. His eleven previous WWII works include Pacific Glory, Ghosts of Bungo Suido, The Second Sun, Iwo, 26 Charlie, The Hooligans, The Nugget, Sentinels of Fire, The Commodore, Trial By Fire, The Last Paladin, and The Iceman. He lives with his wife of 50 years in North Carolina.
P.T. DEUTERMANN is the noted author of many previous novels based on his experiences as a senior staff officer in Washington and at sea as a Navy Captain, and later, Commodore. His eleven previous WWII works include Pacific Glory, Ghosts of Bungo Suido, The Second Sun, Iwo, 26 Charlie, The Hoolig...
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