NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In a "riveting" (Booklist) tale
that picks up where To Wake the Giant left off, Jeff Shaara transports
us to the Battle of Midway in another masterpiece of military historical
fiction.
Spring 1942. The United States is reeling from the blow the Japanese
inflicted at Pearl Harbor. But the Americans are determined to turn the
tide. The key comes from Commander Joe Rochefort, a little known "code
breaker" who cracks the Japanese military encryption. With Rochefort's
astonishing discovery, Admiral Chester Nimitz will know precisely what
the Japanese are planning.
But the battle to counter those plans must still be fought.
From the American side, the shocking conflict is seen through the eyes
of Rochefort and Admiral Nimitz, as well as fighter pilot Lieutenant
Percy "Perk" Baker and Marine Gunnery Sergeant Doug Ackroyd.
On the Japanese side, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is the mastermind. His
key subordinates are Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, aging and infirm, and
Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, a firebrand who has no patience for Nagumo's
hesitation. Together, these two men must play out the chess game
designed by Yamamoto, without any idea that the Americans are
anticipating their every move on the sea and in the air.
Jeff Shaara recounts in electrifying detail what happens when these two
sides finally meet, in what will be known ever after as one of the most
definitive and heroic examples of combat ever seen. In The Eagle's
Claw, he recounts, with his trademark you-are-there immediacy and
signature depth of research, one single battle that changed not only the
outcome of a war but the course of our entire global history.
The story of Midway has been told many times, but never before like
this.
