War Sonnets - Softcover

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AWARD-WINNING WWII FICTION
5-Star "Award of Excellence" - Historical Fiction Company
3rd Place - General Fiction Category, HFC Book of the Year Awards

Two soldiers. Two enemies. One shared humanity.

1942, Luzon Jungles: US Army Sergeant Leal Baldwin writes sonnets between battles. Japanese Lieutenant Tadashi Abukara composes haiku while his army starves.

Under ordinary circumstances, they might be friends.
In the war-torn Pacific, they are mortal enemies.

Leo fights for honor and survival, but discovers the real enemy isn't always Japanese—it's the moral compromises demanded by his own side.

Tadashi has vowed to serve his emperor, but as combat gives way to starvation and the threat of cannibalism, his only thought is of his wife and son waiting at home.

As both men witness the humanity of their enemies and the darkness within their allies, they begin to question why they're fighting at all.

When they finally meet in the jungles of Luzon, only one will survive—but their poetry will echo forever.

Based on the actual sonnets and haiku written by WWII veteran Allen H. Benton (included in the novel and used with permission).

Perfect for readers who love:

• Dual perspective WWII fiction (US & Japanese POV)
• Pacific Theater battles with literary depth
• Enemy soldier perspectives humanized
• Poetry integrated into historical narrative
• Moral complexity of war explored honestly
• Based on true veteran experiences

For fans of: *All the Light We Cannot See* + *The Book Thief* + *Unbroken*

***** "Powerful, poetic, and unflinchingly honest about war's moral complexities."

• Includes actual WWII veteran poetry
• Award-winning literary historical fiction
• Rare Japanese soldier perspective

Experience WWII from both sides of the battlefield.

Click BUY NOW to discover why readers called this "the WWII novel that changes how you see war."

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