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Red Burning Sky

by Tom Young
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From the author of Silver Wings, Iron Cross comes a suspenseful and thrilling saga based on the true story of one of World War II's most daring and successful rescue missions.

Summer 1944: Yugoslavia is locked in a war within a war. In addition to fighting the German occupation, warring factions battle each other. Hundreds of Allied airmen have been shot down over this volatile region, among them American lieutenant Bill Bogdonavich. Though grateful to the locals who are risking their lives to shelter and protect him from German troops, Bogdonavich dreams of the impossible: escape.

With three failed air missions behind him, Lieutenant Drew Carlton is desperate for redemption. From a Texas airbase he volunteers for a secretive and dangerous assignment, codenamed Operation Halyard, that will bring together American special operations officers, airmen, and local guerilla fighters in Yugoslavia's green hills. This daring plan—to evacuate hundreds of stranded airmen while avoiding detection by the Germans—faces overwhelming odds. What follows is one of the greatest stories of World War II heroism, an elaborate rescue that required astonishing courage, sacrifice, and resilience.

Red Burning Sky is a riveting and ultimately triumphant military thriller based on true events, all the more remarkable for being so little known—until now.

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    February 22, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781496732958

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      • ISBN: 9781496732958
      • File size: 576 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 29, 2021
      Operation Halyard, a real-life secret mission to rescue Allied airmen stranded in war-torn Yugoslavia in 1944, forms the backdrop for this engrossing military thriller from Young (Silver Wings, Iron Cross). After Bill Bogdonavich is shot down over German-occupied Yugoslavia, he’s rescued by Serbian civilians. Bogdonavich, whose father emigrated to America from Yugoslavia, is soon acting as an interpreter between Chetnik guerrillas and the hundreds of pilots and air crew being hidden from the German forces. Meanwhile in Texas, Lt. Drew Carlton, a U.S. Army Air Force pilot whose conduct in aerial combat left him labeled a coward, welcomes the chance to redeem himself by taking part in Operation Halyard. The suspense builds as Bogdonavich leads an effort to construct an airfield and Carlton, now stationed in Italy, prepares to fly a cargo plane to pick up downed airmen. Along the way to the satisfying ending, Young touches on such matters as the civil war pitting Chetniks against Tito’s partisans and the loyalties of Italians only recently turned to the Allied side. Readers will be moved to seek out nonfiction accounts about this bold, little-known operation. Agent: Michael V. Carlisle, InkWell Management.

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