Trial by Fire

by James Reasoner

December 7, 1941 "A day that will live in infamy," is how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt described the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. With a devastating stroke, World War II was no longer a strictly European war; it was now our war, too. In this powerful, exciting sequel to Battle Lines, James Reasoner shows us the fight through four friends cast into the chaos of the war that reshaped the twentieth century. As the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312873468
• ISBN13: 9780312873462
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Much improved

Much improved from the previous Battle Lines. Although still a light fare, it moved from course to course smoothly. It is what it is, and needs a sequel.

Great story!

I have to wonder if the reviewer from Publishers Weekly even read this book and its predecessor. I found both Trial by Fire and Battle Lines to be wonderful stories filled with great characters. The combat action is Trial by Fire is especially compelling, and the long opening sequence concerning the Marines' gallant but doomed defense of Wake Island is some of the best war fiction I've ever read. If you're interested in good World War II fiction or just plain good storytelling, you can't go wrong with this series.