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Book Details:
Book Title: LEGACY OF HONOR: THE DESCENDANTS by Larry A. Freeland
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 401 pages
Genre: Historical Military Fiction
Publisher: Publish Authority
Release date: February 2025
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA & Canada); ebook (PDF) internationally.
Tour dates: July to August 22, 2025
Content Rating: PG + M: My book is a story of sacrifice, integrity, courage (moral and physical), love, family and war.
Book Details:
Book Title: LEGACY OF HONOR: THE DESCENDANTS by Larry A. Freeland
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 401 pages
Genre: Historical Military Fiction
Publisher: Publish Authority
Release date: February 2025
Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA & Canada); ebook (PDF) internationally.
Tour dates: July to August 22, 2025
Content Rating: PG + M: My book is a story of sacrifice, integrity, courage (moral and physical), love, family and war.
Book Description:
In The Descendants: A Legacy of Valor, the McCormick family saga continues, plunging readers into the heart of 20th-century warfare. This gripping historical military fiction, written in three parts, follows Sean McCormick’s three sons—Alan, Lee, and Scott—as they confront the harsh realities of war and sacrifice.
In Part 1, Alan, the eldest, leads an Infantry Company with the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. Amid brutal jungle battles, he faces the relentless toll of command.
Part 2 follows Lee, a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, as he navigates daring missions and personal struggles, eventually participating in the First Gulf War.
In Part 3, Scott, the youngest, is drafted into the Army during the Vietnam era, stationed in South Korea, and later recruited by the CIA, where he undertakes covert missions across the Middle East.
From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of the Middle East, The Descendants—the powerful conclusion to The Legacy of Honor trilogy—explores the courage, brotherhood, and sacrifices of the McCormick brothers. Their intertwined journeys reveal the true cost of duty, family, and legacy.
In The Descendants: A Legacy of Valor, the McCormick family saga continues, plunging readers into the heart of 20th-century warfare. This gripping historical military fiction, written in three parts, follows Sean McCormick’s three sons—Alan, Lee, and Scott—as they confront the harsh realities of war and sacrifice.
In Part 1, Alan, the eldest, leads an Infantry Company with the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. Amid brutal jungle battles, he faces the relentless toll of command.
Part 2 follows Lee, a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, as he navigates daring missions and personal struggles, eventually participating in the First Gulf War.
In Part 3, Scott, the youngest, is drafted into the Army during the Vietnam era, stationed in South Korea, and later recruited by the CIA, where he undertakes covert missions across the Middle East.
From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of the Middle East, The Descendants—the powerful conclusion to The Legacy of Honor trilogy—explores the courage, brotherhood, and sacrifices of the McCormick brothers. Their intertwined journeys reveal the true cost of duty, family, and legacy.
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Praise for Legacy of Honor: The Patriarch
“Freeland weaves together an exciting, action-packed, and historically accurate tale of war and romance during and after World War 1.” - James Harvey, author of Grayton Beach Affair
“Freeland writes in nearly encyclopedic fashion as he includes background information about the World War I trenches, the history of the nursing corps, the big increase of cigarette use among American military personnel, the history of “Reveille,” and the meaning of “buying the farm,” among many other things. He also takes the reader on a 30,000-foot overview of a battle about to take place before dropping us down into the action. Freeland’s aim is for his trilogy to explore how this country treats its warriors and veterans during and after our wars. With Book One, The Patriarch, he’s off to a good start." - Bill McCloud - Vietnam Veterans of America
"Crawl through the trenches of France with American infantrymen and experience the horrendous brutality of WWI warfare … reminiscent of the carnage in Civil War battle scenes in The Red Badge of Courage. Then follow the “doughboys” as they assimilate back into American society, often with heartbreaking and unforgettable outcomes.” - Jameson Gregg, Benjamin Franklin Award Winner and Georgia Author of the Year
In his hometown in Wellington Ohio, Sam McCormick is on a path to follow in his father’s footsteps, leading a life of hard work as a factory manager. But in 1915, Sam loses his parents when the Lusitania is sunk by a U-boat. Soon after, Sam is called up during World War I as an infantryman with the Army’s American Expeditionary Forces and the first division to be sent to France to battle the very forces that killed his loved ones.
Now Sam’s aim is to seek vengeance for his parents’ death. He must survive brutal gas attacks, rapid machine gun fire, and relentless artillery strikes. As he and his troops repeatedly cross into “no man’s land” to take over German trenches, he will cross paths with notable leaders such as General Pershing, General Douglas MacArthur, Colonel George Patton, and Sergeant York, one of the most highly decorated American soldiers of WWI.
But Sam’s attitude changes as the war drags on, and the body count rises. Now Sam just wants the killing to stop. When he is wounded, he finds hope again to rebuild a life with his bride Marie, a witty and intelligent French nurse. But when he returns home, the United States that he loved as a civilian looks far different after the war as a veteran.
Sam McCormick must become The Patriarch. His family and way of life depend on it.
A tale of courage, sacrifice, love and honor, this 20th Century historical fiction saga addresses the horrors of WW1 and the challenges that military men faced upon returning including mental trauma, and physical illness in addition to the hardships of the Great Depression as well as other historical events before WWII, including the Bonus Army March of 1932 and the Little Steel Strikes of 1937.
“Freeland weaves together an exciting, action-packed, and historically accurate tale of war and romance during and after World War 1.” - James Harvey, author of Grayton Beach Affair
“Freeland writes in nearly encyclopedic fashion as he includes background information about the World War I trenches, the history of the nursing corps, the big increase of cigarette use among American military personnel, the history of “Reveille,” and the meaning of “buying the farm,” among many other things. He also takes the reader on a 30,000-foot overview of a battle about to take place before dropping us down into the action. Freeland’s aim is for his trilogy to explore how this country treats its warriors and veterans during and after our wars. With Book One, The Patriarch, he’s off to a good start." - Bill McCloud - Vietnam Veterans of America
"Crawl through the trenches of France with American infantrymen and experience the horrendous brutality of WWI warfare … reminiscent of the carnage in Civil War battle scenes in The Red Badge of Courage. Then follow the “doughboys” as they assimilate back into American society, often with heartbreaking and unforgettable outcomes.” - Jameson Gregg, Benjamin Franklin Award Winner and Georgia Author of the Year
In his hometown in Wellington Ohio, Sam McCormick is on a path to follow in his father’s footsteps, leading a life of hard work as a factory manager. But in 1915, Sam loses his parents when the Lusitania is sunk by a U-boat. Soon after, Sam is called up during World War I as an infantryman with the Army’s American Expeditionary Forces and the first division to be sent to France to battle the very forces that killed his loved ones.
Now Sam’s aim is to seek vengeance for his parents’ death. He must survive brutal gas attacks, rapid machine gun fire, and relentless artillery strikes. As he and his troops repeatedly cross into “no man’s land” to take over German trenches, he will cross paths with notable leaders such as General Pershing, General Douglas MacArthur, Colonel George Patton, and Sergeant York, one of the most highly decorated American soldiers of WWI.
But Sam’s attitude changes as the war drags on, and the body count rises. Now Sam just wants the killing to stop. When he is wounded, he finds hope again to rebuild a life with his bride Marie, a witty and intelligent French nurse. But when he returns home, the United States that he loved as a civilian looks far different after the war as a veteran.
Sam McCormick must become The Patriarch. His family and way of life depend on it.
A tale of courage, sacrifice, love and honor, this 20th Century historical fiction saga addresses the horrors of WW1 and the challenges that military men faced upon returning including mental trauma, and physical illness in addition to the hardships of the Great Depression as well as other historical events before WWII, including the Bonus Army March of 1932 and the Little Steel Strikes of 1937.
“Freeland is an absolute master of flight-combat narrative; a decorated veteran of air combat in Vietnam; his ability to put the reader in the seat of a B-17 beset by German fighter planes and anti-aircraft fire, is superb … A novel of wartime bombing missions that makes for gripping reading." — Kirkus Reviews
In Book Two of the Legacy of Honor trilogy, Sean McCormick, the son of the Patriarch from Book One, embarks on a journey of physical and moral courage as he is commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, completes pilot training in 1943, and is sent to England to fly B-17s with the 8th United States Army Air Force in WWII. Through Sean's eyes, readers experience firsthand the harrowing bombing missions over Europe, where he and his fellow aircrew comrades face horrific aerial combat. With his will to survive, Sean goes on to serve in the Air Force, fly missions in the Korean War, and participate in the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the beginning of the Vietnam War.
Along the way, he meets several historical American men, including General LeMay, Jimmy Doolittle, James Stewart, and Glen Miller. Despite the perils of war, Sean finds love and marriage with Ana, a young lady he meets while on leave, and they will have three sons to carry on the family's military legacy.
In Book Two of the Legacy of Honor trilogy, Sean McCormick, the son of the Patriarch from Book One, embarks on a journey of physical and moral courage as he is commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, completes pilot training in 1943, and is sent to England to fly B-17s with the 8th United States Army Air Force in WWII. Through Sean's eyes, readers experience firsthand the harrowing bombing missions over Europe, where he and his fellow aircrew comrades face horrific aerial combat. With his will to survive, Sean goes on to serve in the Air Force, fly missions in the Korean War, and participate in the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the beginning of the Vietnam War.
Along the way, he meets several historical American men, including General LeMay, Jimmy Doolittle, James Stewart, and Glen Miller. Despite the perils of war, Sean finds love and marriage with Ana, a young lady he meets while on leave, and they will have three sons to carry on the family's military legacy.
Meet the Author:
Larry Freeland, born in Canton, Ohio, comes from a family with a strong military tradition. His father was an Army Air Corps/US Air Force officer whose career spanned from World War II to the early Vietnam War. His grandfather served in World War I, and his brothers are veterans of post-Vietnam conflicts. After graduating high school at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, Larry earned a degree from the University of South Florida in 1968. He then joined the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as an infantry officer and CH-47 helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty in 1973, Larry pursued a career in banking, retiring in 2001 before working as a financial consultant and later as an instructor in management and leadership at Lanier Technical College. Now retired, Larry writes full time and lives in North Georgia with his wife, Linda, a retired teacher. Together, they enjoy traveling, cruising, and visiting historic sites. They are passionate about Le Mans racing, veterans' causes, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Larry Freeland, born in Canton, Ohio, comes from a family with a strong military tradition. His father was an Army Air Corps/US Air Force officer whose career spanned from World War II to the early Vietnam War. His grandfather served in World War I, and his brothers are veterans of post-Vietnam conflicts. After graduating high school at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, Larry earned a degree from the University of South Florida in 1968. He then joined the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as an infantry officer and CH-47 helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty in 1973, Larry pursued a career in banking, retiring in 2001 before working as a financial consultant and later as an instructor in management and leadership at Lanier Technical College. Now retired, Larry writes full time and lives in North Georgia with his wife, Linda, a retired teacher. Together, they enjoy traveling, cruising, and visiting historic sites. They are passionate about Le Mans racing, veterans' causes, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
My Thoughts
Legacy of Honor-The Descendants is written by Larry A. Freeland. This is book three in the Legacy of Honor series. I’ve not read the other books, and didn’t have any issues with the book.
This book is written in three parts. The first part follows Alan. Who leads an Infantry during the Vietnam War. The way the author wrote the scenes reminds you of what a heartbreaking war this was. The second part follows Lee. He is a Navy helicopter pilot during the first Gulf War. I’m not as familiar with this war (my specialty is the Revolutionary and Civil War, partially espionage). However I felt that I learned a great deal. Finally, the third part follows Scott. He’s the youngest of the McCormick sons. He finds himself drafted during Vietnam, but being recruited and serving with the CIA and many covert missions.
I did a deep dive on the author. I found that he is a decorated Vietnam veteran. He really blends the historic aspect of these war with the well written characters. I throughly enjoyed this story.
Thank you to the author, publisher and IRead book tours for allowing me to read a copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.
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