Eric Meyer, Todd McLeod

Hold the Bridge: Heroes of the 82nd Airborne Book 5 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Allied armies sweep across France in a rollercoaster of military might. The campaign that began on D-Day is heading closer to Germany and the generals have a plan to get there quicker. To take and hold a number of bridges and clear the path to the German Reich. They launch Market Garden, an operation that will utilize vast fleets of aircraft and gliders to carry crack paratroops into Holland. If it succeeds, it will shorten the war. But if it fails...

First Platoon, Company B, drops into Holland to take the bridge at Nijmegen. The plan starts to unravel when they encounter a massive flak gun emplacement, an impenetrable obstacle guarded by elite panzergrenadiers. The 88mm flak guns are taking a heavy toll of troop-carrying C-47s and Waco gliders, and paratroopers are dying under the barrage of heavy shells.

PFC Ray Cassidy and his buddy Harry Byrd have a reputation for disobeying orders to get the job done, and this is no exception. Ignoring the platoon lieutenant, they hatch a plan to attack the panzergrenadiers using an ancient, but tried and tested ruse to lure them into a trap. The mission hangs in the balance, and there are still the flak guns to take care of before they reach the bridge at Nijmegen. A bridge guarded by panzers.

Heroes of the 82nd Airborne Book 5 Hold the Bridge is the fifth shortread fiction set during the Second World War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the bestselling author of more than fifty war novels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: swordmiro
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005383589
• Artikelnr.: 72901780

Autorenporträt

Eric is UK author of over fifteen books. He is a graduate of University College, Cardiff, where he studied politics. He served part-time in the Commandos, the Royal Marines Reserve, reaching the rank of Colour Sergeant. During his service he was seconded to take part in and lead a number of sensitive and classified missions, as well as undertake instructor assignments in a number of Special Forces schools. During this time he pursued a full-time career as an independent coach and consultant, working with various blue chip and smaller organisations. Eric Meyer has developed a specialty as a motivational coach, and drew heavily on his military experience to give his clients the tools for leadership, initiative and audacity that are the mark of the small unit commander.

Working with a number of authors and experts, he has been co-writer on a number of self-improvement and motivational titles. As an author, his books are sold all over the world in paperback, hardback and ebook format. He writes mainly in the genres of military thriller, and detective thriller. Indeed, his first novel, Devil's Guard, The Real Story, is a fact based novel based on the French IndoChina war in what is now known as Vietnam. With a number of novels set during World War II on the Eastern Front, as well as novels of the Vietnam War, his military experience is reflected in a range of war fiction titles. The detective thrillers are based on an NYPD detective, Gabriel de Sade, a Special Forces veteran.

He has also presented a number of documentary films, mostly exploring historical subjects ranging from early Christian history to the mystical brilliance of Leonardo da Vinci.

Eric is married with three children, and still pursues his military and historical research in his available spare time. He is also a keen runner, and has achieved success in a number of road and off-road races, including fell-running, the challenging sport of competitive running across hill ranges in the countryside. Throughout his career he has combined his extensive and growing knowledge of military affairs with his zest for the latest motivational tools to produce novels that will both thrill and entertain the reader. Current projects include research into the causes and progress of the war in Afghanistan. Currently, Eric Meyer is a full-time novelist.