{"product_id":"a-higher-call-isbn-9780425252864","title":"A Higher Call","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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened next would defy imagination and later be called “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Higher Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully told.”\u003ci\u003e—CNN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A riveting story of humanity and mercy set against the ghastly backdrop of war.”\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oh, it’s a good one!”\u003ci\u003e—Fox News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply felt by its author and deeply affecting to read.”\u003ci\u003e—The Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A truly awe inspiring story of wartime chivalry.”\u003ci\u003e—Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Incredible.”\u003ci\u003e—New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Inspiring.”\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Simply told, splendid, and well worth the read.”—*Joe Galloway, co-author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eWe Were Soldiers Once...and Young \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book grips you like a movie. It’s part \u003ci\u003eTop Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, part \u003ci\u003eValkyrie\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.”—Marcus Brotherton, co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003ci\u003e Tough as They Come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is often said that ‘war is hell’—and it is—however, this story reveals how the human spirit can shine in the darkest hours.”—Colonel Charles McGee, Tuskegee Airman, WWII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Higher Call\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies beautifully the brotherhood of warriors and will forever change how you look at World War II.”—Eric Blehm, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003eFearless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Can good men be found on both sides of a bad war? The author asks the question and delivers the answer. A powerful, haunting read.”—Chuck Tatum, author of \u003ci\u003eRed Blood, Black Sand\u003c\/i\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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Dutton Caliber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304775471333,"sku":"NP9780425252864","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425252864.jpg?v=1767720523","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-higher-call-isbn-9780425252864","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}