Battle Stories #2

John Drummond joins the first wave of an amphibious assault on a Red-held Korean shore, surviving a tremendous naval and air bombardment to reach the beach seemingly unopposed. As he pushes inland through the jungle, confident the enemy has been scattered, he encounters an unexpected threat lurking in the trees—a sniper the barrage couldn't dislodge, bound by conviction and chains to his post. What unfolds is a tense game of survival as Drummond must reckon with this determined foe hidden in the jungle canopy.

Six green recruits land in Korea in 1952, thrust toward the front lines north of the 38th parallel where they'll face their first taste of real combat. As the squad moves through rain and mud toward enemy positions, one soldier named Jabowski must confront his fear, learn what courage truly means, and discover what it takes to earn the nation's highest military honor. "The Mark of a Hero" follows these men through the shock of their first firefight and the choices that will define them in war.

Trapped behind enemy lines in Korea with dwindling ammunition, a platoon under Lieutenant Sharpe faces annihilation until the enemy offers an unexpected bargain: spare the Americans if their "doctor" can save the mortally wounded General Pu-Yi. Corpsman Bob Rush, knowing he's no surgeon but with nothing to lose, accepts the task and must keep his patient alive through the endless hours until dawn rescue arrives. It's a high-stakes gamble where a combat medic's ingenuity and a handful of pills become the only thing standing between a doomed company and slaughter.