It\u2019s summer 1943, and the world is on fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lieutenant Ernie Poulson, a twenty-two-year-old outdoorsman from Utah, finds himself at the controls of America\u2019s most advanced bomber, the B-24, brought to North Africa for a top-secret mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the far side of Europe, Lieutenant Constantin Cantacuzino, Romania\u2019s most daring ace, duels Soviet fighters on the Eastern Front while searching for purpose in an unwinnable war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Nazi-aligned Romania, Princess Catherine Caradja walks a perilous line between loyalty to her country and quiet defiance, as German forces dig in around the oil refineries in her backyard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in the royal palace, twenty-one-year-old King Michael of Romania\u2014mocked and sidelined by a Nazi-backed dictator\u2014quietly plots to seize his nation\u2019s destiny before it is lost forever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Tidal Wave, Adam Makos<\/strong> brings these lives together in a sweeping saga of courage and survival, set against history\u2019s most audacious air raid: the treetop assault on \u201cHitler\u2019s gas station\u201d at Ploesti, Romania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What begins in flames on August 1, 1943, sparks bonds no one could have foreseen\u2014alliances between enemies\u2014that will decide whether these men and women are consumed by war or seize their chance at escape and redemption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Drawn from years of extensive research and told with Makos\u2019s signature cinematic intensity, Tidal Wave<\/em> will remind you that even in war\u2019s darkest hours, humanity has a way of breaking through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hailed by the Associated Press<\/strong> as \u201ca masterful storyteller,\u201d Adam Makos is the New York Times Inspired by his grandfathers\u2019 service, Makos crafts unforgettable stories of America\u2019s <\/strong>veterans, The Los Angeles Times<\/strong> places him \u201cin the top ranks of military writers,\u201d a title earned through immersive research that has taken him from flying a World War II bomber to embedding on a Special Forces raid in Iraq <\/strong>and even journeying into North Korea<\/strong> in search of a missing American aviator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An astonishing true story set in an untold arena of World War II. Please note: this event is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":167493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,35027],"tags":[14118,821,4315,4,602],"class_list":["post-167490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-upcoming-events","tag-adam-makos","tag-book-signing","tag-history","tag-oxford","tag-square-books"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1111-Adam-Makos-signing.png?fit=295%2C295&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167490"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167506,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167490\/revisions\/167506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Adam-Makos.jpg?ssl=1\")
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bestselling author of A Higher Call, Spearhead, and Devotion<\/strong><\/em>\u2014now a major motion picture starring Glen
Powell<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
blending raw human drama with vivid, close-up military action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"