TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sowards,A.L.
TI  - Defiance: a World War II story : a novel 
SN  - 9781524402150 (paperback)
AV  - PS3619.O945 D44 2017
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - American Fork, Utah
PB  - Covenant Communications, Inc.
KW  - Mormons
KW  - Fiction
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Military intelligence
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - United States
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Luxembourg
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - Eight years after immigrating to the United States, German born Lukas Ley embodies the American dream: successful athlete, gorgeous girlfriend, loving family. But beneath the surface, eighteen year old Lukas is driven by ambition, resolved to avenge the murder of his father at the hands of the Nazi regime. Unfortunately, a failed physical throws his plans for flight school off course. Unlike his war-hero older brother, Lukass purpose is unclear. He cant fly, and in the eyes of the military, hes good for only one thing the front lines. From the foxholes of war ravaged Luxembourg to the devastation of an enormous German offensive, Lukass journey is fraught with peril. But when he's taken as a prisoner of war, he realizes life is about to get much worse. In the enemy camp, Lukas is viewed as a German fighting for the wrong side. Ripped from the innocence of an idealistic youth, he becomes a man beaten by the horrors of war. Now his only hope of survival is to hold tightly to his faith in God and his love of family and home. But even if he manages to make it out alive, can he ever be whole again?
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