Brendan McDonough is the only survivor of the 2013 fire at Yarnell. Today he is a public speaker and works with numerous nonprofits for veterans, police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services. He lives in Prescott, Arizona. Stephan Talty is the co-author of A Captain's Duty, which was the basis for the film Captain Phillips, and wrote the New York Times bestseller Empire of Blue Water. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.
"[Granite Mountain] is sure to captivate readers . . .
Brendan McDonough had a very unusual story to tell, and he has done
it well."--Bookreporter.com
"[Granite Mountain]is a harrowing story of heroism in the
face of natural disaster. It perfectly illustrates the kind of
teamwork and camaraderie that informed the legendary squad of
hotshots working to save--in this case--their hometown from utter
destruction by fire. As perhaps the least likely guy ever to become
a hotshot, Brendan McDonough more than lives up to his role after
having been taken underwing by Granite Mountain leader Eric Marsh.
That he has been able to keep on even keel as the Yarnell Hill
Fire's lone survivor, having lost his mentor and his best friends,
speaks volumes about his character and is a lasting testimony to
the strength of his lost brothers."--Ed Viesturs, bestselling
author of The Mountain: My Time on Everest
"For an East Coast guy like me this book was a real education in
wildfires, and the last few chapters were a terrifying lesson in
how they can do the unpredictable. I was left with nothing but
admiration for the Granite Mountain hotshot crew who put their
lives on the line to protect the town of Yarnell."--Michael
Tougias, New York Times-bestselling co-author of The Finest Hours
and So Close to Home
"Gear up with Brendan McDonough and his brothers in the elite
Granite Mountain crew of wildland firefighters. Suspenseful and
intense, [Granite Mountain] sears to the heart. Nonfiction
writing at its best."--Stephen Templin, New York Times-bestselling
author of SEAL Team Six and Trident's First Gleaming
"The dangers of battling fires on the ground and air are many and
McDonough thrillingly explains the terror and panic of the fateful
June 30, 2013 tragedy at Yarnell Hill, where all 19 of his crew
members perished, leaving him with painful survivor's guilt. But
strong support propelled him into a new life of grace and
renewal."--Publishers Weekly
"This is a new breed of war story, of the citizen soldiers who
stand between life and death, the forest and the fire. Through
burnt moonscapes, in air choked with ash, they face flames as tall
as towers and say, 'You shall not pass.' Powerful and lasting, this
is a story of men who gave their all."--Adam Makos, New York
Times-bestselling author of A Higher Call
"With his insightful barbs aimed at our increasingly unrealistic
ideal of life in the West and the many ways in which wildland
firefighters are let down by those who fund and rely upon them, and
brutally honest assessment of his struggles with PTSD, McDonough
gives readers a unique and bracing literary
experience.--Booklist
McDonough's gut-wrenching survival story, written with the expert
assistance of best-selling Talty (Escape from the Land of
Snows, 2011) possesses a searing degree of emotion. With his
insightful barbs aimed at our increasingly unrealistic ideal of
life in the West and the many ways in which wildland firefighters
are let down by those who fund and rely upon them, and brutally
honest assessment of his struggles with PTSD, McDonough gives
readers a unique and bracing literary experience.--Booklist
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