A Debt of War

A Debt of War

A dying wish and a mysterious manuscript bring to light a heart-rending tale of one soldier’s undying commitment to pay a debt owed, transcending both ideology and racial divide, leading to the ultimate price paid.

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“Michael Ringering weaves a beautifully layered story, against the most extreme of circumstances, reminding us that what we share will always be more powerful than contemporary forces that would seek to divide. A Debt of War is truly a masterful and timeless piece.” ~ Lt. Col. Casey Grider, United States Air Force

At his mother’s funeral, Paul Bacca, an accomplished publisher, is approached by a mysterious decorated military veteran who claims to have been sent at Paul’s mother’s final request: deliver an unpublished manuscript of the only novel written by an acclaimed poet.

Paul subsequently discovers a shocking family secret that forever changes his life and those of his siblings. The propulsive, gut-wrenching story Paul reads details an inconceivable friendship, a tale of lives forever entwined in a debt owed between enemies.

Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews gives it 5 stars... 3 times, in 3 separate glowing reviews!

EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a story of fear and honor, life and death, war and humanity, in a journey binding World War II history to a modern-day family.

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AUDIOBOOK

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PRINT BOOK INFO

Perfect Bound / Softcover:

ISBN: 1622534794
ISBN-13: 978-1-62253-479-1
6.14 x 9.21 x 0.7940 (1.209 Lbs)
356 Pages (20/carton)
List Price: $18.95

Trade Cloth / Hardcover:

ISBN: 1622534727
ISBN-13: 978-1-62253-472-2
6.14 x 9.21 x 0.9375 (1.564 Lbs)
356 Pages (18/carton, but you can order in any quantity from 1 up)
List Price: $34.95

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THE TEAM

Michael Ringering – Author
Robb Grindstaff – Editor
L1-Graphics (Alena) – Cover Artist
Lane Diamond – Interior Designer

Details
Author:
Series: by Michael Ringering, Book 1
Genres: 4.99 eBooks, Historical, Literary, Military Fiction
Tags: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Publisher: Evolved Publishing
Publication Year: 2021
Format: Paperback, Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Length: 109,540 Words
Narrator: Coming Soon
ASIN: B09C8YHXW7
ISBN: 9781622534791
List Price: $18.95 Paperback / $34.95 Hardcover (May Be Discounted By Retailers)
eBook Price: $4.99
Audiobook Price: Audiobook Coming Soon
Endorsements

“With the world at its most fractured point, two would-be enemies forge a bond and loyalty that transcends the battlefields of Western Europe. Michael Ringering weaves a beautifully layered story, against the most extreme of circumstances, reminding us that what we share will always be more powerful than contemporary forces that would seek to divide. A Debt of War is truly a masterful and timeless piece.”

– Lt. Col. Casey Grider, United States Air Force

A Debt of War by Michael Ringering is a World War II novel quite unlike any war book I have ever read... I’ve read several war books of one stripe or another recently, but I can honestly say that none has touched me to the very core of my being as A Debt of War did. Author Michael Ringering has somehow taken an almost impossible scenario to behold and shaped it into a believable and powerful narrative. The story is utterly compelling, and the characters jump off the page and attach themselves to the reader’s psyche. For the poor German soldier Jakob, tormented by his love for his family and yet torn apart by his father’s blind fanaticism to Hitler and the Nazi rhetoric, the war was an absolute struggle for someone who could only be described as a gentle soul. The correlation in nature and beliefs between Jakob and GI O’Dell was startling and powerful.

“The story is full of action, excitement, and battles, which will keep all the adrenaline junkies extremely happy. Yet, it is beautifully blended with deep and powerful emotions that will pull at any reader’s heartstrings. Like Paul, while reading this story, I began to question if this was fiction or reality. The setting, the background, the equipment, everything about this story rang true, and one was almost left hoping, in some way, there was a grain of truth to this absorbing story. I doubt I’ve been this impressed with any author’s work the first time I’ve read them, and I will definitely be seeking out more of his portfolio. If this story is anything to go by, he is an original-thinking author with wonderful narrative ability. I loved this book, and I can highly recommend it.”

“Michael Ringering has created a masterly work in his novel, A Debt of War. In a story within a story, Ringering blends the mystery of an unpublished manuscript, which puzzles the family of Paul Bacca with its curious delivery and its contents, with the deeply emotional personal soldiers’ experiences of the horrors of combat, the gut-wrenching experiences of the victims of war, and the mirror image experiences of the enemies—all victims of their circumstances. I repeat the word ‘experiences’ because it is the core of the emotions, reactions, and the entwined, all-enveloping love that reading A Debt of War engenders. The rough and tumble interactions of soldiers in deadly combat with its ‘foxhole humor’ and incidents twist the lives and fortunes of captors and prisoners into mutual struggles to survive, some successful, others tragically not successful. Herein grows the debt of war among the soldiers. The mysterious manuscript is explained, and its true author revealed in a conclusion that rivals the tales of William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry. The comparison is not offered lightly as Michael Ringering has earned it fair and square with this brilliant, compelling tale of the entanglements of life and death—and the debts to be paid.”

“War is, by its very nature, an inhumane beast. Real people with dreams and aspirations are placed in uniform and fed into a hellish world where they quickly become anonymous statistics in a report and later in a history book. It’s an injustice to those who died that they did so only to become a footnote in a textbook, but it is an injustice that Michael Ringering seeks to put right with this book. Exploring how even bitter enemies out to kill each other can find humanity between them, this book is a reminder that wars are fought by real people, each with vivid and complex lives and feelings. A Debt of War does not blink as it examines the extreme ways that conflict molds the people forced to live through it. As such, I recommend it highly to those interested in military fiction that focuses less on the glory of conflict and more on its humanity.”

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