A Time to Serve

By: Chris Glatte

Narrated by: Scott Graff

As World War II begins, the Cooper family is thrust headlong into the fray, where they must face the ultimate test of courage—from the home front to the battlefield.

"[A] suspenseful saga of one family's inspiring fight...." (Lee Jackson, author of After Dunkirk)

It’s 1941. Clyde and Abigail Cooper are happy newlyweds. She’s from Seattle’s upper crust, and he’s from the wrong side of the tracks. Yet the two are deeply in love. All Clyde wants is to give Abby the life she deserves.

But his plans are dashed with the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

However much he loves his new wife, Clyde can’t ignore his duty to serve. His cousin Shawn Cooper enlisted months before, anticipating the coming war. He regales Clyde with his experiences with a fledgling, experimental US Army unit known as the paratroopers. Soon Clyde enlists with plans for the Airborne, hoping the longer training cycle will outlast the war....

Abby is devastated to part with her new husband, and she knows she needs to find something to occupy her time. While the war has brought many new opportunities for women in the workforce, Abby stumbles into something quite exciting...and dangerous.

For Abby’s father, Victor Brooks, America’s entry into the war means profit. Brooks Industries was on the brink of collapse, but the war has changed everything. The only thing that can stop him is his own insatiable greed.

Thousands of miles away in the Philippines, Clyde’s brother, Frank, a US Army soldier, fights for his life against a relentless Japanese onslaught. Ill-equipped, with no chance of resupply, Frank and his unit fight a well-trained Japanese Army on the Bataan Peninsula. After months of bloody fighting, Frank finds himself on the final Allied strongpoint remaining in the Philippines: Corregidor Island.

A Time to Serve is the first book in this epic new WWII historical fiction series, told through the eyes of the different members of the Cooper family and following the war through its conclusion. Recommended for fans of Jeff Shaara and Ken Follett.

©2022 Chris Glatte (P)2022 Severn River Publishing

Great story

Holds your interest right to the end. Can’t wait to start book two. Good reading

World War Two through the eyes of the Cooper famil

I was introduced to Chris Glatte’s storytelling through his Tark’s Ticks books and when I got the opportunity to get a review copy of the audiobook for A Time to Serve from the publisher, I jumped on it. This story follows the Cooper family as the Second World War starts and does an excellent job of developing each of the characters to the point where you feel like they are people you grew up with or went to school with. Mr. Glatte’s ability to weave this story around four main characters and fill in period detail to the point where you feel like you are a part of the story. I’m looking forward to following each new release I this series as well as finishing the Tark’s Ticks books. This is my first experience listening to Scott Graff and I will be actively looking for other books he has narrated – he does an excellent job in bringing each character to life and turns the story into sensory experience.

Characters

I totally enjoy these personalities and the development by the author.
The narration is descriptive and brings them to life.
I will continue with the next in this series.
Thank you

A good history of every WWII family.

The book covers three men from a family who make their way to war from different paths and the family they leave behind. Each is a story in its own right. This book is the first of a series and I am looking forward to the next.