The Kaboom Boys (A Call to War Book 1)

Edward Hume leaves his Pennsylvania coal mining town to volunteer as one of the first US Army bomb demolition captains in World War II, leaving behind the Great Depression and facing the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe. Trained alongside the RAF in the English countryside, Hume commands an eclectic team of soldiers tasked with defusing unexploded bombs in Europe's fiercest battlegrounds. Most soldiers with this assignment do not survive past ten weeks. The team's mission culminates at Mont Saint-Michel, abandoned by the Nazis after D-Day. Hume and his squad confront a deadly cache of jettisoned bombs alongside treacherous tides, quicksand, and maritime mines. Each successful defusing saves countless lives and brings them closer to victory, but failure carries devastating consequences. As the war intensifies, Edward and his men navigate the tension between duty and humanity, aware that each mission could be their last. Based on real events, this novel follows the perseverance of soldiers who answered the call to war.