Praying with the Enemy

By: Steven T. Collis

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Based on the true story of an American POW during the Korean War and a North Korean soldier who become unlikely allies united in their shared faith in God during a daring escape to freedom. 

When his jet malfunctions, Captain Ward Millar makes a last-second decision to eject over enemy territory in North Korea before his plane explodes. His parachute barely opens before impact, saving his life, but the hard landing snaps both of his ankles. Unable to walk, Captain Millar is easily captured by North Korean and Chinese soldiers. His captors interrogate, threaten, and starve him in an attempt to extract strategic wartime information.

He stalls the inevitable by feeding the enemy false information, but it’s only a matter of time before they discover his lies. Millar plots a bold, seemingly impossible plan to escape. He knows it will take a miracle to pull it off, but he’s not sure if praying to a higher power would even work. He wishes he had faith like his wife, whose firm belief in God can move mountains.

When Barbara Millar receives a telegram informing her that her husband is missing in action behind enemy lines, her family and friends accept the grim reality that Ward is almost certainly dead. Yet Barbara, a woman of deep and sustaining faith, refuses to believe it. She still feels his presence and their connection as strongly as ever. She is certain her husband will return, but she doesn’t know how the war and his ordeal might have changed him.

North Korean soldier Kim Jae Pil was raised to believe in the power of prayer, but because the Communist Party kills or imprisons any religious group they perceive as a threat to their power and influence, Kim and his family must keep their Christian faith secret. He has been anxious to return to his family and then escape across the border to South Korea.

With Millar still imprisoned and unable to walk, and the North Korean army becoming increasingly suspicious of Kim’s actions, it seems impossible that either man will find the freedom they so desperately desire. But when these wartime foes cross paths, they find in each other an unlikely ally. Despite speaking different languages, Millar and Kim find common ground in their fragile faith and must rely on each other to undertake a daring escape.

Praying with the Enemy is a story of courage, determination, unlikely friendship, and enduring faith. 

©2022 Steven T. Collis (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Learning to trust in God

Excellent story of learning devotion to and trust in God. Loved how the strength of the marriage covenant worked miracles.

Very worthwhile read

This is a wonderful book that is based on a true story. It’s essentially about freedom during the Korean War. One for an escaped American POW and the other for a Christian North Korean and his desire for freedom from communism. It’s fast paced and exciting. And the reality that freedom is worth dying for is reiterated over abc over. Wonderful work.

Great listen!

Amazing story brought to life in a well written account. Really enjoyed it and hard to believe so many things came together based on faith

Wow what an incredible story!

I was hooked from the start. It’s a great story of human resilience, heroism, faith and miracles. Based on true events it was retold masterfully by the author.

and amazing true story

I’m not one to listen to stories about war, but this true story of an American pilot downed during the Korean War, is one of courage and inspiration. It is written very well and keeps you spell bound until the very end.

Incredible true story!

I don’t often pick up books of this genre, and honestly only got this one on a whim because I had too many credits and was about to lose one, but I could not put it down! From the first page all the way to the author’s note at the end, every word was gripping, moving, and profound, with little droplets of much needed humor sprinkled throughout to lighten the deadly serious struggles of Ward Miller and Kim Jae Pil.
There are more than two sides to every conflict, and this story proves that help and friendship and even rescue can be found if we focus more on what we have in common with others than on what separates us.

Educated and engaged me

Grateful for the time the author Took to research and retell this incredible story. Among the billions of ppl on the planet-this is again a wonderful reminder that each of us matters, each of us impacts others and each of us can learn and be better from our interactions with others. Thank you