{"product_id":"tidal-wave","title":"Tidal Wave","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ctitle\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/title\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\n\t\t\t.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}\n\t\t\t.cs81CFB35A{color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;}\n\t\t\t.csAFEB8F0D{color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}\n\t\t\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_dx_frag_StartFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs81CFB35A\"\u003eFrom the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Higher Call, Spearhead, and Devotion comes an astonishing true story set in an untold arena of World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csAFEB8F0D\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs81CFB35A\"\u003e“Tidal Wave is epic in every way. Like all good WWII books, it reminds us again, in the starkest terms possible, how much we owe to those who won that war.”—Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the Boat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csAFEB8F0D\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s summer 1943, and the world is on fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs81CFB35A\"\u003eLieutenant Ernie Poulson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csAFEB8F0D\"\u003e, a twenty-two-year-old outdoorsman from Utah, finds himself at the controls of America’s most advanced bomber, the B-24, brought to North Africa for a top-secret mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the far side of Europe, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs81CFB35A\"\u003eLieutenant Constantin Cantacuzino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csAFEB8F0D\"\u003e, Romania’s most daring ace, duels Soviet fighters on the Eastern Front while searching for purpose in an unwinnable war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Nazi-aligned Romania, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs81CFB35A\"\u003ePrincess Catherine Caradja\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csAFEB8F0D\"\u003e walks a perilous line between loyalty to her country and quiet defiance, as German forces dig in around the oil refineries in her backyard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in the royal palace, twenty-one-year-old \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs81CFB35A\"\u003eKing Michael of Romania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csAFEB8F0D\"\u003e—mocked and sidelined by a Nazi-backed dictator—quietly plots to seize his nation’s destiny before it is lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Tidal Wave, Adam Makos brings these lives together in a sweeping saga of courage and survival, set against history’s most audacious air raid: the treetop assault on “Hitler’s gas station” at Ploesti, Romania. What begins in flames on August 1, 1943, sparks bonds no one could have foreseen—alliances between enemies—that will decide whether these men and women are consumed by war, or seize their chance at escape and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn from years of extensive research and told with Makos’s signature cinematic intensity, Tidal Wave will remind you that even in war’s darkest hours, humanity has a way of breaking through.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca name=\"_dx_frag_EndFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Tidal Wave","offer_id":52389823709480,"sku":"9780593725276","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/goldenapplesbookstore.com\/products\/tidal-wave","provider":"Golden Apples Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}