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The Buffalonian: a novel of war, love and sacrifice
Hardcover
RomanceGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Stewart House Press
Published: Jun 15 2026
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Blending aerial combat, historical realism, and intimate human drama, The Buffalonian is a sweeping World War II novel of courage, sacrifice, and love set during one of the darkest chapters of the early Pacific War.
December 1941. Singapore is waiting for war. Lieutenant Daniel Mercer, USN, arrives at RAF Sembawang expecting to train Allied pilots on the troubled Brewster Buffalo. Within days, instruction becomes survival. Japanese forces are sweeping down the Malayan peninsula, and the skies over Singapore belong increasingly to a faster, better-coordinated enemy.
Outnumbered, under-equipped, and flying aircraft many consider obsolete, Mercer and the pilots of the squadron are thrown into a desperate fight over burning convoys, battered airfields, and a city bracing for siege. Beside him are Caldwell, the steady RAF commander burdened by impossible decisions; Price, the sharp-tongued Welshman whose anger masks grief; Haskle, the Australian pilot haunted by survival; Van Dijk, the precise Dutchman who sees danger before it closes; and Reeves, a young replacement pilot forced to grow up in the sky.
But as the campaign darkens, Mercer's war becomes more than tactics, altitude, and survival. In Singapore, he meets Mei Lin, a woman whose courage and quiet faith steady him in a world coming apart. What begins as an unexpected bond deepens into love beneath the shadow of invasion, giving Mercer something deeply personal to protect, and something devastating to lose.
With each raid, scramble, and retreat, the line between duty and sacrifice grows thinner. Allied pilots fight to delay an enemy that seems impossible to stop, while civilians endure bombardment, fear, and the slow breaking of the world they knew.
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