Release Date: March 4, 2025
About The Book:
A thrilling rescue goes awry and becomes a desperate flight across Nazi-occupied Europe.
In this exciting sequel to the award-winning “The Hunt for the Peggy C,” Capt. Jake Rogers returns to the North Atlantic as commander of a U.S. Liberty ship with some of his crew from the sunken “Peggy C.”
But disaster strikes, and they end up shipwrecked in Ireland. There, Rogers learns from Dutch sailors that the Nazis have arrested the father of Miriam Maduro, the love of his life, and are about to deport him to a concentration camp.
Rogers and crew sneak back into Holland aboard a gun-running ship from neutral Ireland and make contact with a resistance group to help them. Everything goes according to plan until a shocking discovery leaves them stranded in Holland and forces them to flee for their lives across Nazi-occupied Europe.
They struggle to find other resistance groups and escape organizations to aid them. But informants, imposters, and double agents are everywhere. And with a huge reward on their heads, they can never be sure whom to trust.
To make matters worse, a giant Dutch bounty hunter is in hot pursuit. The utterly ruthless, one-armed, former detective is desperate for the reward. He has no qualms about beating information out of people or working with – and sometimes double-crossing – Nazi officials, French gangsters, and even a suspected serial killer.
In this deeply researched thriller, full of real historical figures, Rogers and crew make one breathtaking escape after another. Using disguises, fake documents, subterfuge, and sometimes force, they slowly make their way toward safety in Spain. But as they get close to their goal, another shocking surprise blocks their way.
To save them, Rogers comes up with one more crazy scheme. It has almost no chance of succeeding.
About The Author:
John Winn Miller is an award-winning investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, editor, newspaper publisher, screenwriter, movie producer, and now a novelist.
He lives in Lexington with his wife Margo, a potter and former college English teacher. Their daughter Allison Miller is an actress-screenwriter-director who most recently starred in the ABC series A Million Little Things.
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Book Blurbs:
“Nobody weaves history and nautical action fiction into an inescapable web like John Winn Miller. You’ll feel the spray of the sea and hear the salty growl of Captain Rogers in this seaborne masterpiece. All hands on deck!”—Cap Daniels, International Best-Selling Thriller Writer
“RESCUE RUN has everything I love in a story: nonstop adventure and intrigue, characters to root for, ratcheting tension, all wrapped in a tangled story of political gamesmanship, spycraft, and military action. Truly a wonderful discovery! You should discover it, too!”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestseller of Tides of Fire
“In this follow-up to The Hunt for The Peggy C (2022), Miller juxtaposes the two opposing forces (Nazis and the rescuers) wonderfully well through the use of clear, economical prose that manages to convey pathos and high adventure in equal measure. Careful, specific attention to detail, as in descriptions of the clothing worn by the resistance fighters and the German soldiers (“an SS officer’s gray wool cap with white piping around the crown, the Nazi eagle and skull on the front, and a silver bullion chin cord strapped across the shiny black Vulkanfiber visor”) lend a powerful authenticity to the harrowing world that Miller creates. Miriam Maduro, the beautiful Jewess whose imprisonment inspires Rogers’ incredible acts of bravery, is no damsel in distress; she’s just as heroic as he is, disguising herself as a Red Cross medico named Hedda ten Boom in a bold attempt to help as many concentration camp prisoners as she possibly can before she’s captured herself. Stark depictions of Miriam’s confinement are harrowing and stand on their own without resorting to sentimentality. When Miriam gets an opportunity to deliver an act of retribution, Miller renders it without moralizing or commentary. Indeed, action never fails to reveal character throughout this brisk thriller. A fast-paced and immersive wartime adventure yarn.”—Kirkus Reviews
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