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Beside A Burning Sea by John Shors

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Also by John Shors:

Temple Of A Thousand Faces, February 2013
Trade Size / e-Book
Beneath a Marble Sky, February 2012
e-Book
Cross Currents, September 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Dragon House, September 2009
Trade Size
Beside A Burning Sea, September 2008
Paperback

Beside A Burning Sea
John Shors

NAL Trade
September 2008
On Sale: September 2, 2008
448 pages
ISBN: 0451224922
EAN: 9780451224927
Paperback
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Fiction Inspirational | Romance Historical

From the author of Beneath a Marble Sky comes an inspiring new novel of a man and a woman from different worlds whose love is put to the ultimate test as they struggle to survive an extraordinary set of circumstances.

One moment, the World War II hospital ship Benevolence is patrolling the South Pacific on a mission of mercy—to save wounded American soldiers. The next, Benevolence is split in two by a torpedo, killing almost everyone on board. A small band of survivors, including an injured Japanese soldier and a young American nurse whom he saves from drowning, makes it to the deserted shore of a nearby island.

Akira has suffered five years of bloodshed and horror fighting for the Japanese empire. Now, surrounded by enemies he is supposed to hate, he instead finds solace in their company— and rediscovers his love of poetry. While sharing the mystery and beauty of this passion with Annie, the captivating but tormented woman he rescued, Akira grapples with the pain of his past while helping Annie uncover the promise of her future. Meanwhile, the remaining castaways endure a world not of their making—a world as barbaric as it is beautiful, as hateful as it is loving.

With the blend of epic storytelling and emotional intensity that distinguishes him as a unique talent, John Shors reveals a powerful story of redemption focusing on unlikely lovers, heroes and villains, and war-torn countries—all, in their own ways, fighting to survive.

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