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Michael’s Messengers is the story of Jack Meadows who flies the war torn skies of Europe with reckless abandon, often with disregard for his own life. Uncommon Warrior is the sequel to Michael’s Messengers. It begins in 1943 with the many extraordinary accomplishments by ordinary airmen during the liberation of Europe. |
Undisciplined and irreverent, the young Spitfire ace leads his squadron of brave young pilots into the Battle of Britain. His exploits as a volunteer member of Britain's Special Air Service bring him face-to-face with his enemy behind the lines. Wrestling with the complexities of life and the insanity of war, battling personal demons and his sworn enemies, Jack epitomizes the brave Spitfire pilots who died to save humanity. Jack Meadows is a complex young hero whose contribution to the eventual Allied victory in Europe is recounted through his loves, his personal victories and his failures. Jack epitomizes the countless unrecognized but deserving lads who dueled in aerial combat on both sides of the English Channel. This exciting historical novel is filled with action, drama, suspense, romance and a stream of consciousness. |
| These two books chronicle the first 25 years of Jack’s life from his early years in Poland until the day he disappeared near Munich, Germany on May 5th, 1945. A Son’s Odyssey is the final episode in the life of Air Commodore Jack Meadows, the youngest flag officer in the RAF during Europe's Air War in World War II. It is a love story about two fathers and their respective sons, and the unrequited love of a mother for the father her child never knew. After 28 years, Jack’s loved ones finally achieve closure over Jack’s disappearance in 1945. |