{"product_id":"a-higher-call-an-incredible-true-story-of-combat-and-chivalry-in-the-war-torn-skies-of-world-war-ii-9780425255735","title":"A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: \"Beautifully told.\"\u003ci\u003e--CNN \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Oh, it's a good one!\"\u003ci\u003e--Fox News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \"beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies\" emerges from the horrors of World War II in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by the author of \u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e, now a Major Motion Picture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecember, 1943\u003c\/i\u003e A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber's tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler--and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happened next would defy imagination and later be called \"the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as \"top secret.\" It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as \"a masterful storyteller\" by the \u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAdam Makos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eA Higher Call\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpearhead\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e, the subject of the major motion picture. Inspired by his grandfathers' service, Makos chronicles the stories of American veterans in his trademark fusion of intense human drama and fast-paced military action, securing his place \"in the top ranks of military writers,\" according to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. In the course of his research, Makos has flown a World War II bomber, accompanied a Special Forces raid in Iraq, and journeyed into North Korea in search of an MIA American airman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling biography \u003ci\u003eBiggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eShadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields\u003c\/i\u003e with Sgt. Forrest Guth. Alexander has been a journalist and columnist for the \u003ci\u003eIntelligencer Journal \u003c\/i\u003ein Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for nearly twenty years and has won numerous state-level awards for excellence in journalism.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton Caliber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597936169234,"sku":"9780425255735","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44b075dd-00c9-4ff0-a29b-0019a3fc121d.jpg?v=1732180733","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-higher-call-an-incredible-true-story-of-combat-and-chivalry-in-the-war-torn-skies-of-world-war-ii-9780425255735","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}