New Indie Book Release: The Unsurrendered (Joyce Shaughnessy)

New Indie Book Release:
The Unsurrendered - Joyce Shaughnessy -
Romantic Historical Fiction (February 2013 - 322 pages)

“In this historical novel, the fictional love story between Jacob and Carla is a fine tale, especially when they adopt a young man whose village has been burned and the inhabitants murdered by the Japanese. But it is the historical setting and details that made me literally gasp on more than one occasion. I thought I knew something about WWII, but I was wrong. I knew nothing about the Unsurrendered soldiers and fighting bands of guerrillas in the Philippines. Everyone should read this book. Thank you, Joyce Shaughnessy, for opening my eyes to this dark period in American/Filipino/Japanese history." - Reader Review

About the Book

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American forces are unprepared for war when Japan attacks both Pearl Harbor and the Philippines in December 1941. A spontaneous resistance movement springs up throughout the islands among Filipino civilians of all ages and sexes, and among the American and Filipino soldiers who remain unsurrendered or who escape imprisonment after the falls of Bataan and Corregidor. American military intelligence agent Jacob Martin and Carla Santos, his Filipina wife, join the Unsurrendered partisan group as it slowly assumes control over more of the existing rival guerilla units on Mindanao and trains them to fight behind Japanese lines. Their group grows even larger with thousands of patriotic male and female Filipinos, many of whom are enraged by Japanese atrocities. Read and meet many historical characters as Jacob and Carla fight to save their country from being occupied and complete destruction.

The author, through intense research, manages to bring many colorful historical characters to life throughout the book with their interaction with Carla and Jacob. The author manages to bring to life part of WWII which has only been mentioned but not publicly expanded upon. There were over 260,000 Filipino-American partisans who fought behind Japanese lines, and along with the aid of such patriots as General Douglas MacArthur, Lt. Commander Chick Parsons, Colonel Wendell Fertig, Captain Ray Hunt, and Dr. Emigdio Cruz, helped to bring the Allies to victory. These patriots struggled and won against tremendous odds, and it is their patriotism and spirit that the author manages to convey through The Unsurrendered.

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About the Author

Author Joyce Shaughnessy

Joyce Shaughnessy lives in Midland, Texas with her husband, Dennis.

They have two married daughters and four beautiful granddaughters, ages 4 through 16. They own a large collection of WWII books, and Joyce used many as a reference, even adding to them during the research of her books.

She has recently become a writer of short stories which will be published in anthologies and a novella.

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