No Surrender

In the tradition of #1 New York Times bestsellers like Unbroken Boys on the Boat and Band of Brothers No Surrender is an unforgettable story of a father’s extraordinary acts of valor in World War II and a son’s thrilling journey to discover them?an epic narrative of bravery compassion and faith.Like most members of the Greatest Generation Roddie Edmonds a humble American soldier from East Tennessee rarely spoke about his experiences during World War II. Not even his son Chris knew the full details of Roddie’s capture at the Battle of the Bulge or his captivity at Stalag IXA a Nazi POW camp. But when Chris’s daughter was assigned a family history project Chris reread Roddie’s wartime diaries which set in motion a series of life-changing events.Called to learn his father’s story with a renewed sense of passion and purpose Chris embarked on a years-long journey interviewing surviving POWs under Roddie’s command and retracing his father’s footsteps from Fort Jackson South Carolina where a boyish Roddie transformed into a seasoned leader of men to the patch of grass near Ziegenhain Germany where he stared evil in the eye and dared a Nazi to shoot.Along with New York Times bestselling author Douglas Century Chris Edmonds takes us to the front lines of this inspiring multigenerational story revealing in gripping novelistic detail Roddie’s previously untold heroism—and the lasting effects his bravery had on the lives of thousands then and now. “What’s most remarkable about my journey to discover what my father did in the Second World War” Chris writes was “the realization that any one of us has the untapped potential to do something incredibly courageous. . . . We all have the potential to change the world simply by standing up for what’s right.”A shining example of the transformative and redemptive power of moral courage No Surrender is a celebration of faith family and service—the very characteristics that define us today.