Rising Sniper by David Healey

Rising Sniper by David Healey

The fight for victory in the Pacific continues, this time at Leyte in the Philippines. Deacon Cole and the rest of Patrol Easy are sent as an advance unit to help crack the formidable Japanese defenses before the American invasion. To make the mission even more difficult, the Japanese have deadly snipers of their own. If Deke and the others can't help bring down the enemy defenses in time, there will be a terrible price to pay when US troops hit the beach.

David Healey is a native Marylander who frequently writes on the Delmarva Peninsula's people and surroundings. American History, Chesapeake Bay journal, Chesapeake Life, the Washington Times, and Delmarva Quarterly have all published his work. He's also the author of 1812: Rediscovering the Lost War of the Chesapeake Bay (Bella Rosa Books) and Sharpshooter (Penguin Putnam), a Civil War book. Healey, a graduate of Washington College in Chestertown and the Stonecoast MFA program, resides in Cecil County, Maryland, with his wife and two children along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. He spends his free time running, working on his ancient house, and driving his family crazy by stopping to study historical signs along the roadside. David Healey's website is www.davidhealey.net.