Random House New Releases - Fiction - War

The Licence of War by Claire Letemendia

2014-02-25T00:30:00-05:00

The Licence of War
Written by Claire Letemendia

eBook, 512 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Thrillers - Historical; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - War | $ | 978-0-7710-4674-2 (0-7710-4674-X)

The Licence of War by Claire Letemendia

2014-02-25T00:30:00-05:00

The Licence of War
Written by Claire Letemendia

Hardcover, 512 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Thrillers - Historical; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - War | $ | 978-0-7710-5272-9 (0-7710-5272-3)

Wake by Anna Hope

2014-02-11T00:30:00-05:00

Wake A Novel
Written by Anna Hope

Hardcover, 304 pages | Random House | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary | $26.00 | 978-0-8129-9513-8 (0-8129-9513-9)

Wake by Anna Hope

2014-02-11T00:30:00-05:00

Wake A Novel
Written by Anna Hope

eBook, 304 pages | Random House | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary | $ | 978-0-8129-9514-5 (0-8129-9514-7)

Arch of Triumph by Denver Lindley

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Arch of Triumph A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Denver Lindley

eBook, 464 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical | $ | 978-0-8129-8558-0 (0-8129-8558-3)

The evocative story of a man without a country, Arch of Triumph is a World War II–era classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front.

It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic—a German doctor and refugee living in Paris—has been treating some of the city’s most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians.

Forbidden to return to his own country, and dodging the everyday dangers of jail and deportation, Ravic manages to hang on—all the while searching for the Nazi who tortured him back in Germany. And though he’s given up on the possibility of love, life has a curious way of taking a turn for the romantic, even during the worst of times.

“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Night in Lisbon by Ralph Manheim

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Night in Lisbon A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Ralph Manheim

eBook, 256 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical | $ | 978-0-8129-8559-7 (0-8129-8559-1)

History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front.

With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two tickets and a story to tell.

It is a harrowing tale of bravery and butchery, daring and death, in which the price of love is beyond measure and the legacy of evil is infinite. As the refugee listens spellbound to the desperate teller, in a matter of hours the two form a unique and unshakable bond—one that will last all their lives.

“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Red Badge of Courage
Written by Stephen Crane

Trade Paperback, 208 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Classics; Fiction - War | $8.95 | 978-0-8041-6884-7 (0-8041-6884-9)

The Red Badge of Courage was published in 1895, when its author, an impoverished writer living a bohemian life in New York, was only twenty-three. It immediately became a bestseller, and Stephen Crane became famous. Crane set out to create "a psychological portrayal of fear." Henry Fleming, a Union Army volunteer in the Civil War, thinks "that perhaps in a battle he might run....As far as war was concerned he knew nothing of himself." And he does run in his first battle, full of fear and then remorse. He encounters a grotesquely rotting corpse propped against a tree, and a column of wounded men, one of whom is a friend who dies horribly in front of him. Fleming receives his own "red badge" when a fellow soldier hits him in the head with a gun. "The idea of falling like heroes on ceremonial battlefields," Ford Madox Ford remarked later, "was gone forever." Shelby Foote, author of The Civil
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The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam

2014-01-21T00:30:00-05:00

The Blind Man's Garden
Written by Nadeem Aslam

Trade Paperback, 384 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Cultural Heritage; Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary | $16.00 | 978-0-345-80285-9 (0-345-80285-3)

The acclaimed author of The Wasted Vigil now gives us a searing, exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11: a story of war, of one family’s losses, and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses.

Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan. Though they were inseparable as children, their adult lives have diverged: Jeo is a dedicated medical student, married a year; Mikal has been a vagabond since he was fifteen, in love with a woman he can’t have. But when Jeo decides to sneak across the border into Afghanistan—not to fight with the Taliban against the Americans, rather to help care for wounded civilians—Mikal determines to go with him, to protect him.

Yet Jeo’s and Mikal’s good intentions cannot keep them out of harm’s way. As the narrative takes us from the wilds of Afghanistan to the heart of the family left behind—their blind father, haunted by the death of his wife and by the mistakes he may have made in the name of Islam and nationhood; Mikal’s beloved brother and sister-in-law; Jeo’s wife, whose increasing resolve helps keep the household running, and her superstitious mother—we see all of these lives upended by the turmoil of war.

In language as lyrical as it is piercing, in scenes at once beautiful and harrowing, The Blind Man’s Garden unflinchingly describes a crucially contemporary yet timeless world in which the line between enemy and ally is indistinct, and where the desire to return home burns brightest of all.

Traitor by Stephen Daisley

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

Traitor
Written by Stephen Daisley

eBook, 320 pages | NYRB LIT | Fiction - War; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Religious | $9.99 | 978-1-59017-751-8 (1-59017-751-7)

David Monroe is a young New Zealander who, during World War I, finds himself in the heat of battle in Gallipoli, standing beside a Turkish doctor named Mahmoud who directs David to save a wounded soldier. The next instant, a shell bursts over them and David and Mahmoud are both sent to an army hospital on Lemnos. As their wounds heal, a deep and enduring bond grows between them and Mahmoud begins to teach David some of the truths of Sufi mysticism. Their bond is strong enough for David to want to betray his country for his friend, which nearly gets him executed. The savage punishment that follows will break and then remake him and ultimately allow David to find deep compassion within himself.

Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson

2014-01-07T00:30:00-05:00

Swords of Good Men
Written by Snorri Kristjansson

Hardcover, 304 pages | Jo Fletcher Books | Fiction - Fantasy - Historical; Fiction - War | $24.95 | 978-1-62365-074-2 (1-62365-074-7)

To Ulfar Thormodsson, the Viking town of Stenvik is the penultimate stop on a long journey in this riveting adventure of clashing Viking powers. Tasked with looking after his cousin after disgracing his father, he has traveled the world and now only wants to go home.

Stenvik is different: it contains the beautiful and tragic Lilja, who immediately captures Ulfar’s heart-–but Stenvik is also home to some very deadly men, who could break Ulfar in an instant.

King Olav is marching on Stenvik from the East, determined to bring the White Christ to the masses at the point of his sword, and a host of bloodthirsty raiders led by a mysterious woman are sailing from the north.

But Ulfar is about to learn that his enemies are not all outside the walls.

Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson

2014-01-07T00:30:00-05:00

Swords of Good Men
Written by Snorri Kristjansson

eBook | Jo Fletcher Books | Fiction - Fantasy - Historical; Fiction - War | $24.95 | 978-1-62365-075-9 (1-62365-075-5)

The Shadow of Arms by Sok-yong Hwang

2013-12-17T00:30:00-05:00

The Shadow of Arms
Written by Sok-yong Hwang

Trade Paperback, 512 pages | Seven Stories Press | Fiction - War; History - Military - Korean War; Fiction - Literary | $18.95 | 978-1-60980-507-4 (1-60980-507-0)

The Shadow of Arms by Sok-yong Hwang

2013-12-17T00:30:00-05:00

The Shadow of Arms
Written by Sok-yong Hwang

eBook | Seven Stories Press | Fiction - War; History - Military - Korean War; Fiction - Literary | $18.95 | 978-1-60980-508-1 (1-60980-508-9)

The Black Obelisk by Denver Lindley

2013-12-03T00:30:00-05:00

The Black Obelisk A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Denver Lindley

eBook, 448 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical | $17.99 | 978-0-8129-8555-9 (0-8129-8555-9)

From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany.

A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there’s more to life than earning a living off other people’s misfortunes.

A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation. When he falls in love with the beautiful but troubled Isabelle, Ludwig hopes he has found a soul who will offer him salvation—who will free him from his obsession to find meaning in a war-torn world. But there comes a time in every man’s life when he must choose to live—despite the prevailing thread of history horrifically repeating itself.

“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Child of Vengeance by David Kirk

2013-12-03T00:30:00-05:00

Child of Vengeance
Written by David Kirk

Trade Paperback, 336 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - War | $15.95 | 978-0-345-80300-9 (0-345-80300-0)

A bold and vivid historical epic of feudal Japan, based on the real-life exploits of the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto.

Japan in the late 16th century was a land in turmoil. Lords of the great clans schemed against each other, served by aristocratic samurai bound to them by a rigid code of honor. Bennosuke is a high-born but lonely teenager living in his ancestral village. His mother died when he was a young boy, and his powerful warrior father Munisai has abandoned him for a life of service to his Lord, Shinmei. Bennosuke has been raised by his uncle Dorinbo, a Buddhist monk who urges the boy to forgo the violence of the samurai and embrace the contemplative life. But Bennosuke worships his absent father, and when Munisai returns, gravely injured, Bennosuke is forced to confront truths about his family's history and his own place in it. These revelations soon guide him down the samurai's path—awash with blood, bravery, and vengeance. His journey will culminate in the epochal battle of Sekigahara—in which Bennosuke will first proclaim his name as Mushashi Miyamoto. This rich and absorbing epic explores the complexities of one young man's quest while capturing a crucial turning point in Japanese history with visceral mastery, sharp psychological insight and tremendous narrative momentum.

Flotsam by Denver Lindley

2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00

Flotsam A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Denver Lindley

eBook, 448 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical | $13.99 | 978-0-8129-8557-3 (0-8129-8557-5)

From the beloved author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Flotsam is a terrifying portrait of Europe as the Nazi shadow falls over the continent.

Political dissidents, Jews, medical students, petty criminals: Among the thousands of displaced persons traveling the unpaved roads of Europe, there are Steiner and Kern. Both have irritated officials for outstaying their two-week sojourn in Czechoslovakia. And so they must leave. Not that either has any place to go. Not in 1939. But when a man is led by a guard to the border of one country, he must try another. Until he is escorted from that one too.

Living hand-to-mouth, selling shoelaces and safety pins for a few pennies, Steiner and Kern find that, remarkably, there are still pleasures to be had. Paris, for one; love, for another. For amid the heartless cruelty and cold-blooded laws of the Nazi state, there is still humanity and kindness. And there is incomparable joy in falling in love, surviving, and telling your story so it is never forgotten.

“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Three Comrades by Arthur Wesley Wheen

2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00

Three Comrades A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

eBook, 496 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical | $12.99 | 978-0-8129-8556-6 (0-8129-8556-7)

From the acclaimed author of All Quiet on the Western Front comes Three Comrades, a harrowing novel that follows a group of friends as they cope with upheaval in Germany between World Wars I and II.

The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love, and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined.

Written with the same overwhelming simplicity and directness that made All Quiet on the Western Front a classic, Three Comrades portrays the greatness of the human spirit, manifested through characters who must find the inner resources to live in a world they did not make, but must endure.

“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Road Back by Arthur Wesley Wheen

2013-10-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Road Back A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

eBook, 352 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - War; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Historical | $14.99 | 978-0-8129-8554-2 (0-8129-8554-0)

The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I.

After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable.

For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart, Ernst undergoes a crisis that teaches him what there is to live for—and what he has that no one can ever take away.

“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Nightmare Range by Martin Limon

2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00

Nightmare Range The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories
Written by Martin Limon

Hardcover, 400 pages | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories; Fiction - Hispanic & Latino; Fiction - War | $26.95 | 978-1-61695-332-4 (1-61695-332-2)

Twenty years ago, Martin Limón published his first mystery story featuring Sergeant George Sueño, a young Mexican American army detective stationed on the US 8th Army base in South Korea in the early 1970s, the heart of the Cold War. George and his investigating partner, the rowdy and short-fused Sergeant Ernie Bascom, are assigned cases in which the 8th Army has come into conflict with local Korean law enforcement—often incidents in which American soldiers, who are not known for being on their best behavior in their Asian host country, have committed a crime. George Sueño's job is partially to solve crimes, but mostly to cover top brass's backside and make sure the US Army doesn't look bad. Thoughtful, observant George, who is conversant in Korean, constantly faces difficult choices about whether to follow his orders or his conscience.

Nine critically acclaimed novels later, Soho Crime is releasing a collection of Martin Limón's award-winning short stories featuring Sergeants Sueño and Bascom. The stories within have been published over the last twenty years in a variety of magazines, mostly in Alfred Hitchcock, but have never before been available in book form. This beautifully produced limited-edition hardcover volume is sure to attract both critical attention and to appeal to collectors. A must-have for literary mystery readers.

Nightmare Range by Martin Limon

2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00

Nightmare Range The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories
Written by Martin Limon

eBook | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories; Fiction - Hispanic & Latino; Fiction - War | $26.95 | 978-1-61695-333-1 (1-61695-333-0)

Twenty years ago, Martin Limón published his first mystery story featuring Sergeant George Sueño, a young Mexican American army detective stationed on the US 8th Army base in South Korea in the early 1970s, the heart of the Cold War. George and his investigating partner, the rowdy and short-fused Sergeant Ernie Bascom, are assigned cases in which the 8th Army has come into conflict with local Korean law enforcement--often incidents in which American soldiers, who are not known for being on their best behavior in their Asian host country, have committed a crime. George Sueño's job is partially to solve crimes, but mostly to cover top brass's backside and make sure the US Army doesn't look bad. Thoughtful, observant George, who is conversant in Korean, constantly faces difficult choices about whether to follow his orders or his conscience.

Nine critically acclaimed novels later, Soho Crime is releasing a collection of Martin Limón's award-winning short stories featuring Sergeants Sueño and Bascom. The stories within have been published over the last twenty years in a variety of magazines, mostly in Alfred Hitchcock, but have never before been available in book form. This beautifully produced limited-edition hardcover volume is sure to attract both critical attention and to appeal to collectors. A must-have for literary mystery readers.

Random House New Releases - Fiction - War

The Licence of War by Claire Letemendia

The Licence of War Written by Claire Letemendia

The Licence of War by Claire Letemendia

The Licence of War Written by Claire Letemendia

Wake by Anna Hope

Wake A NovelWritten by Anna Hope

Wake by Anna Hope

Wake A NovelWritten by Anna Hope

Arch of Triumph by Denver Lindley

Arch of Triumph A NovelWritten by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Denver Lindley

The Night in Lisbon by Ralph Manheim

The Night in Lisbon A NovelWritten by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Ralph Manheim

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage Written by Stephen Crane

The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam

The Blind Man's Garden Written by Nadeem Aslam

Traitor by Stephen Daisley

Traitor Written by Stephen Daisley

Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson

Swords of Good Men Written by Snorri Kristjansson

Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson

Swords of Good Men Written by Snorri Kristjansson

The Shadow of Arms by Sok-yong Hwang

The Shadow of Arms Written by Sok-yong Hwang

The Shadow of Arms by Sok-yong Hwang

The Shadow of Arms Written by Sok-yong Hwang

The Black Obelisk by Denver Lindley

The Black Obelisk A NovelWritten by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Denver Lindley

Child of Vengeance by David Kirk

Child of Vengeance Written by David Kirk

Flotsam by Denver Lindley

Flotsam A NovelWritten by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Denver Lindley

Three Comrades by Arthur Wesley Wheen

Three Comrades A NovelWritten by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

The Road Back by Arthur Wesley Wheen

The Road Back A NovelWritten by Erich Maria Remarque Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

Nightmare Range by Martin Limon

Nightmare Range The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short StoriesWritten by Martin Limon

Nightmare Range by Martin Limon

Nightmare Range The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short StoriesWritten by Martin Limon

The Licence of War
Written by Claire Letemendia

The Licence of War
Written by Claire Letemendia

Wake A Novel
Written by Anna Hope

Wake A Novel
Written by Anna Hope

Arch of Triumph A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Denver Lindley

The Night in Lisbon A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Ralph Manheim

The Red Badge of Courage
Written by Stephen Crane

The Blind Man's Garden
Written by Nadeem Aslam

Traitor
Written by Stephen Daisley

Swords of Good Men
Written by Snorri Kristjansson

Swords of Good Men
Written by Snorri Kristjansson

The Shadow of Arms
Written by Sok-yong Hwang

The Shadow of Arms
Written by Sok-yong Hwang

The Black Obelisk A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Denver Lindley

Child of Vengeance
Written by David Kirk

Flotsam A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Denver Lindley

Three Comrades A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

The Road Back A Novel
Written by Erich Maria Remarque
Translated by Arthur Wesley Wheen

Nightmare Range The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories
Written by Martin Limon

Nightmare Range The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories
Written by Martin Limon