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Captain Hope & The Battle of Attu
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Neil Perry Gordon
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.32
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the edge of the world, where the North Pacific collides with the Aleutian Islands, one of the least remembered-and most brutal-battles of the Second World War unfolded.
Captain Hope & The Battle of Attu, the fifth installment in The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope series, brings readers into the frozen fog of the Aleutian campaign through the eyes of a father and son drawn into the same war.
When Percy Hope, a seasoned journalist and Alaskan pioneer, receives a telegram informing him that his son Walter has been deployed to the remote island of Attu, he refuses to remain a distant observer. Securing a place as a war correspondent, Percy travels west into the harshest battlefield imaginable-where wind, ice, and volcanic rock are as deadly as the enemy.
Captain Walter Hope, now leading American soldiers in one of the most unforgiving environments on earth, must guide his men through terrain designed for ambush and survival measured in seconds. On Attu, there are no clear front lines-only fog-covered ridges, frozen ground, and an enemy determined to fight to the last man.
As Percy witnesses the invasion firsthand, father and son move through the same battlefield from different directions-one documenting history, the other shaping it. Between them lies a legacy carried through generations: resilience, leadership, and the quiet weight of hope itself.
Blending meticulously researched history with vivid storytelling, this novel captures the human experience of war in a place where nature and combat merge into a single relentless force.
Captain Hope & The Battle of Attu is a story of endurance, sacrifice, and the bond between father and son-set against one of the most overlooked battles of World War II, where courage was measured not by glory, but by the simple act of continuing forward into the storm.
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