Fiction — Marcus Brotherton

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The Long March Home

by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee

Inspired by true stories, and written in tribute to those who were there, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope from two New York Times bestselling authors. Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise — until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history. What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.

Starred review, Publisher's Weekly
Starred review, Booklist
Starred review, Library Journal
Winner of the 2024 International Book Award
Finalist for Hemingway Book Award, recognizing outstanding works for 20th Century Wartime Fiction
Top 10 Best of Booklist, Historical Fiction
Winner of 2025 One Book One Nebraska Award
Longlisted for Reading the West Book Award
ECPA bestseller

"[A] tour de force. This is a winner."
— Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)

"A must-read literary triumph."
— Booklist (Starred Review)

"A great read."
— Library Journal (Starred Review)

"A tense, engrossing tale. One of the finest books of historical wartime fiction since 'Once An Eagle' by Anton Myrer."
— Reader's Digest

"An important and masterful book. Highest recommendation."
— Historical Novel Society

"Remarkable."
— Mark Sullivan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 'Beneath a Scarlet Sky'

"Packed with tension."
— Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 'Before We Were Yours'

"Such real characters."
— Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Venice Sketchbook'

"Riveting."
— Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series

"Utterly compelling."
— Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of 'The Nature of Fragile Things'

"Simply magnificent."
— Don Bentley, New York Times bestselling author of 'Hostile Intent'

"Dazzling."
— Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of 'House on Fire'

"A tremendous story."
— Andrew Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of 'Blue Madagascar'

"Beautifully and faultlessly told."
— Steve Martini, New York Times bestselling author of 'Blood Flag'

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River North

Feast for Thieves

by Marcus Brotherton

Dive into Marcus' widely-acclaimed novel, winner of a 2015 Christy Award for excellence in fiction, and recipient of the "Editor's Choice" distinction from the Historical Novel Society. Inspired by a true story and set in 1946, Sergeant Rowdy Slater is an elite incorrigible paratrooper who returns home to Texas from WWII. Remorseful about his role in a bank robbery, he is offered a deal by the sheriff: serve one year as a community minister or go to jail. This is a wild ride of a book bursting with kidnapping, desperate prayers, and barroom brawls.

Winner of the 2015 Christy Award for excellence in fiction
Editor's Choice — Historical Novel Society

"Highly recommended. A hard-edged and well-crafted novel, with surreptitiously smart prose, confident plotting, and characters you feel you know."
— Michelle Burford, founding senior features editor of O, the Oprah Magazine

"An exhilarating story … Masterful and riveting, humorous yet poignant …"
— Julie Cantrell, New York Times bestselling author of Into the Free

"Packed with action, intrigue, and scoundrels. Readers will want to find out exactly how the unlikely hero is going to escape yet another predicament."
— Publisher's Weekly

"This story is a delight. There is a strong sense of literary quality here, combined with a remarkably unique redemptive message. The characters are real, the descriptions potent, and the force of a good story well told is strong throughout. Highly recommended."
— Davis Bunn, bestselling novelist, lecturer in Oxford University's creative writing program

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