The Eagle’s Claw

Name: The Eagle’s Claw
Rating: 4.47 (7576 reviews)

by Jeff Shaara Book 2 in the Pacific War Series series.

First published 2021

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Six months after Pearl Harbor, Isoroku Yamamoto plans an operation intended to seize Midway and destroy the American aircraft carriers that escaped the December attack. Admiral Chūichi Nagumo leads the Japanese carrier force, while Chester Nimitz commits his limited ships on the basis of intelligence produced by Joseph Rochefort and the codebreakers at Station HYPO.

The battle unfolds through commanders, pilots and crews searching a vast ocean for an enemy they cannot see. Timing, incomplete reports and decisions made under extreme pressure turn a Japanese offensive into the loss of four fleet carriers. The novel completes Shaara’s Pacific sequence by showing how intelligence and carrier aviation changed the balance of the war.