'Gripping' Wall Street Journal
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At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - 'Spearhead' - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit.

After seeing his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, Clarence and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art 'super tank', one of twenty in the European theatre. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: now they will spearhead every attack and, in doing so, will lead the US Army into its largest urban battle of the war, the fight for Cologne, the 'Fortress City' of Germany...

'Spearhead shimmers in eclipsing moments of valor, luck and compassion.' Washington Times

"Makos drops the reader back into the Pershing's turret and dials up a battle scene to rival the peak moments of Fury. . . Brilliant . . . Gripping" - Wall Street Journal

"A detailed, gripping account . . . the remarkable story of two tank crewmen, from opposite sides of the conflict, who endure the grisly nature of tank warfare." - USA Today

"Spearhead shimmers in eclipsing moments of valor, luck and compassion. A gripping read." - Washington Times

"A compelling, exciting adventure of a hard-driving American force." - Kirkus Reviews

"This moving story of bravery and comradeship is an important contribution to WWII history that will inform and fascinate both the general reader and the military historian." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The engrossing book is a war story and a mystery." - CNN.com