Winter Sky; A Novel

Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain, 2016. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [1], 177, [1] pages. Inscribed on the fep by the author. Inscription reads: Alby--Thanks for all you do to help me--but mostly, thanks for your leadership & friendship. Best Always, Chris. Book includes Introduction, Prologue, and 32 chapters. Set in Poland during World War II, Winter Sky is a riveting portrayal of resilience and determination that lifts the human spirit. Chris Stewart is the Congressman from Utah's Second Congressional District. He is a multiple New York Times best-selling and national award-winning author, world-record-setting Air Force pilot, and the former owner/CEO of a small business. Chris graduated from Utah State University, where he earned his degree in economics. Upon graduation, Chris joined the United States Air Force where he was the Distinguished Graduate (top of his class) in both Officer Training School and Undergraduate Pilot Training. He served for fourteen years as a pilot in the Air Force, flying both rescue helicopters and the B-1B bomber. He holds three world speed records, including the world's record for the fastest non-stop flight around the world. Chris is a prolific author having written 17 books, several of which have become national best-sellers, and have been published in six different countries. In a bombed-out Polish village during World War II a young resistance fighter finds that he is suddenly alone and trapped between two opposing armies. He is one of Poland's ''Devil's Rebels'' fighting desperately to save his homeland, but an injury has erased his memory and his only possession is a torn photograph of a couple he assumes are his parents. The woman appears to be holding the hand of a young child whose image has been ripped off. Could the child be him? Caught in the crosshairs of the retreating German army and the advancing Russian forces, the village holds nothing but destruction and despair until a mysterious young woman offers a small glimmer of hope that may represent his last chance - news of a refugee train departing from a nearby town headed for American installations at the border. But complications arise when the resistance fighter is betrayed by his own countryman and hunted by German SS Officers who are determined to kill him before they retreat. Desperately searching for a home and family he can't remember he is persuaded to rescue two children who are doomed to die without his help. As time runs out the former rebel is faced with an impossible choice. Standing at the crossroads of saving himself or risking his life for strangers, what would motivate a young man at the brink of salvation to make one more sacrifice?