The Cost of Courage

Name: The Cost of Courage
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Kelly Estes
ISBN: 9781482915181

Author: Kelly Estes

Narrator: Dan McGowan

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Made for Success, Inc.

Published: 04/15/2013

Categories: Fiction, Military Fiction

Synopsis

The Cost of Courage is a work of military fiction based on the true story of two brothers who served in separate campaigns of World War II. After being shot down over Berlin, one brother is forced to endure both mental and physical torture as a POW at Stalag Luft III. A defiant soul, he earns the respect of his comrades by making life difficult for his captors. However, things change after an ill-fated trip to solitary, where he learns from another airman that his brother has died in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Devastated, the man struggles with the will to survive while reminiscing about his brother.

About Kelly Estes

Kelly Estes has a Black
Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a rather unique passion for World War II. At nineteen
she became the youngest Santa Clara County Human Relations Commissioner, and at
twenty-one she became the youngest-ever chair of the Justice Review Committee
for that Commission. In 2008 she began writing The Cost of Courage. Her passion for helping service veterans
compelled her to create and lead the Veterans Proactive Assistance Task Force
in her community, where families and community organizations can come together
to discuss and remedy issues facing returning veterans and prevent PTSD-related
crime before it occurs. Kelly was honored for her service in November 2012 with
a City Commendation, presented to her by the mayor of San Jose, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Five stars is not enough for this book. It is a realistic account of the psychological aftermath of war and captivity yet somehow offers a very healing message for those who have served or lost loved ones in combat. This book is the real thing and I would love to see it on the big screen. At the ris......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Kelly is a young author with a great future. Last month, I had the pleasure of meeting her and hearing something about her own story and inspiration. As a high school headmaster I very easily pick up on subtle indicators of a young or novice writer, and since she is young (23) I was very curious to......more

Goodreads review by Howard

The Cost of Courage is a well written book that holds the reader to the written page. It brings the reader to the era of the great war and presents a picture of life at the time, the individuals feelings and the horrors of war. Human emotions are well expressed and the reader's ends up feeling as if......more

Goodreads review by James

Excellent story that reveals the thoughts and feelings of an airman and how the war affected him. The story is told from the perspective of a boy who grew up on a farm in the mid-west and how the war changed him, especially seeing it as a POW. The author did a great job portraying the emotional impa......more