By STEVEN A. HOLMES

Black Messiahs

An epic World War II novel that features the role Black soldiers played in Europe’s liberation, and the impact of the war on the families and loved ones. Black Messiahs pairs that narrative with the desperate struggle of a young Jewish boy and his community to survive Hitler’s murderous regime.

Inspired by a real-life story of rescue and redemption, Black Messiahs blends narratives of individual and collective resistance, romance, self-discovery, resilience, forgiveness, and the shared hardships that persevere even through humanity’s darkest hours. It is a saga that is both timely and universal.

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"Steven Holmes’ late father, Master Sergeant Jonathan Chesterfield Holmes, World War II veteran, would have been immensely proud to have his son expertly codify both true and imagined events coming from the home front to the battlefield, and through the gates of the Jewish detention camps during World War II. Black Messiahs tells the story. Holmes’ authentic portrayal of soldiers and units in one of America’s Armies fighting in the European Theater, early in the read, sheds light on a military period often forgotten or ignored, when America had two “defacto” armies, one white and one black, soldiers being assigned by race."

Black Messiahs belongs in the personal library of every World War II historian and aficionado. Honors to be awarded for this masterpiece and I highly recommend it."

- Major General Peter J. Gravett, United States Army

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