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Heaton-Lewis, LLC is sole owner of all film and foreign rights to all of our books
Historical Consultants To 
Smithsonian Channel
History Channel
American Heroes Channel/Military Channel
Vulcan Productions, Inc
NBC Learn
British Broadcasting Corporation
Lucas Films

See our book trailers listed below:

Four War Boer          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-0z2Az295c



Night Fighters             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0IXOlPpj0

Noble Warrior            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Hkw_qpFyQ

The German Aces Speak    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xZXRv7D9A 

The German Aces Speak II    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rupWpJNF2JQ 


The Star of Africa

The Star of Africa is now a completed screenplay by screenwriter Michael Droberg and Colin D. Heaton, registered with WGAE. See Michael's work on his website at  www.michaeldroberg.com


We have had great interest from the film and TV community about this project. Please feel free to contact us should your company also have an interest in this or other books to film. We have the proposal and treatment/teaser completed for review as well.

See our two pages on this website dedicated to the book and Hans-Joachim Marseille for the back story and photographs. Also see below for our foreign translations of this amazing pilot and his story, as told by those who knew him, and fought against him.

WW II Tuskegee Airman and friend Col. Charles McGee promoted to Brigadier General by President Trump on Feb. 4, 2020

Charles McGee and Colin in 2004 during one of the interviews with the Tuskegee Airmen

Guardian of Guadalcanal
Gary Williams

We are endorsing Gary's book about Douglas Munro, the only MOH recipient from the Coast Guard.


"In Guardian of Guadalcanal, Gary Williams captures the essence of Douglas Munro, who, despite mortal injury from courageously positioning his small craft to block enemy fire, his only thought in his final moments was for the mission."
--VADM Sally Brice O'Hara, 27th Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard (Ret.)

"Douglas Munro lead by example and epitomized the Coast Guard motto "Semper Paratus, Always Ready," when he came to the aid of our Marines on Guadalcanal."
--Col. Harvey "Barney" Barnum, Medal of Honor Recipient, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam

"Douglas Munro is my hero of heroes, and his story  Guardian of Guadalcanal defines what selfless service is all about. I can assure you from my years of telling the Munro story, his spirit of hope and compassion will follow you forever."
--Vincent Patton, III, Ed.D., 8th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (Ret.)

"Guardian of Guadalcanal accurately tells the story of Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, USCG, who died, while placing his own life in jeopardy, coming to the aid of five-hundred Marines on the beaches of Guadalcanal. His actions are as relevant today as they were over seventy years ago. Semper Paratus."
--GM2DM Daniel Cannode, United States Coast Guard, Vietnam

"It was a privilege to serve aboard CGC MUNRO, namesake to Medal of Honor recipient Douglas Munro. His heroic actions inspired the crew and provided the ultimate example of the Coast Guard values: Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. Semper Paratus.
--Jody B. Nummer, GMC, USCG (Ret.)

Here is an additional quote:

"Too often, when people ask about our Coast Guard, we talk about our missions. And that's important. We do a lot of great things. But if you want someone to know our story, don't tell them about what we do. Tell them about Douglas Munro. What defines us as Coast Guardsmen is not what we do, but who we are and how we do it."
--Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., 24th Commandant, USCG (Ret.)

Major Scott Huesing

Scott A. Huesing is a retired USMC Infantry Major with over 24 years of service, both enlisted and as a commissioned officer. His career spanned 10 deployments and he conducted operations in over 60 countries worldwide. 


During his deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa he planned, led, and conducted hundreds of combat missions under some of the most austere and challenging conditions. 


He had the privilege to command Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines as part of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) while attached to 1-9 Infantry Battalion ("Manchu"), 1st Brigade Combat Team (1 BCT "Ready First"), United States Army (USA) as part of the Surge Strategy in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.


See Major Scott Huesing's Fox and Friends interview that aired on February 20, 2018 regarding the book and his Marines at 
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5737074645001/?playlist_id=930909787001#sp=show-clips


In  September 2018 Major Scott Huesing and Maj Gen James E. Livingston held a symposium and discussion on the Battle of Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. Link is below.


https://livestream.com/patriotspointlive/events/8360213/videos/179928375



Generalleutnant Johannes Steinhoff

Knight's Cross, Oak Leaves and Swords from the Colin D. Heaton Collection. This was a Jaenecke replacement for the original wartime damaged medal owned by Luftwaffe ace and legend Generalleutnant Johannes Steinhoff, and given to the author by his wife Ursula after his death. The original slightly damaged medals presented during the war are still in the family's possession. The post war replacements given to veterans after 1957 do not have the Swastika in the center, but Oak Leaves are embossed.

Steinhoff was Hans-Joachim Marseille's second commanding officer in WW II, and his recollections of the maverick pilot are legendary and all contained in the book. See Steinhoff's own recollections also in The German Aces Speak II.

                        The Star of Africa in French


French publisher Heimdal has released The Star of Africa in French, so look out for those if you have French speaking family and friends. If you place orders through us, or just contact us, we can send signed bookplates for any books ordered.

The Star of Africa in Polish

The Story World War II's most controversial, enigmatic and interesting fighter pilot as told by those who knew him

The Star of Africa in Finnish

 Above: Nicholas Trudgian's Star of Africa

        FOUR WAR BOER: The Century and Life
                    of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler

Released in 2014

from Casemate Publishing 

Go to the Four War Boer Page for more Information and a full photo layout of Pieter Krueler's Life

See the interview of May 3, 2013 with Colin about the new book on Southern Sense Radio.  Link is below

 

The amazing life of Pieter Krueler (1885-1986) provides a window into a full century of conflict such as one man rarely experiences. Four-War Boer traces Krueler's highly colorful life from the Second Boer War, where he first served as a 14-year-old scout, through his service in World War I with the German Army in East Africa, to the Spanish Civil War to World War II, this time with the Allies, and on into the latter part of the 20th century, when he served as a mercenary during the 1960s Congo Crisis.

This material includes a wealth of fascinating new information, and breaks the great secrecy surrounding Rhodesian and South African special operations, as unveiled through the experience of a man who was a founding father of counterinsurgency in Africa.
                The German Aces Speak II

 Released in 2014

New Addition to the History and Military Book Clubs!

The next book in The German Aces Speak series features Erich Hartmann, Johannes Steinhoff, Dietrich Hrabak and Gunther Rall 

Review of our manuscript from the late WW II fighter ace Barrie Davis

Howdy, my friend Colin!
After numerous unexpected interruptions, I have read The German Aces Speak II. It is a great book, revealing the personalities of the four Aces in a manner never done previously. Their words, as recorded so well by the book's author, were quite modest, especially when I realized they were spoken by men who had accomplished so much. 
In recording the interviews, you did remarkably well in communicating the characters of all four pilots, and I was convinced that even after hundreds of victories and many times cheating death itself, these men were of a special breed. Despite the problems they had to solve, they retained the honor and fortitude that saw them through a losing war.
I feel indebted to you for recording the four interviews. Thanks from an old-time fighter jock.
Barrie Davis.
Review of The Star of Africa from WW II Fighter Ace Art Fiedler

Colin and Anne-Marie, after reading about Marseille, I can state that  I would have found engaging him in combat to be the highlight of my success. I also know of the honor and chivalry exhibited by the Luftwaffe men I came to know. The greatest tragedy of that war was that we young men had to do our job. It is good to see that historians such as yourself continue to treat all of us, even our former enemies with the deepest respect where warranted. Excellent book, great imagery, and I thoroughly enjoyed all of your works, but this was special. Keep writing and keep on flying.

Art
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Above: Colin with the P-51C in the markings of 332nd FG ace Col. Lee Archer while interviewing the Tuskegee Airmen in 2004. See video at Warbirds of America at www.vimeo.com/101647637

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Our friend Marshall Teague, a Navy veteran and long time actor with an old friend, film director Michael Bay during the premier of his new film 13 Hours. Marshall acted in several of Bay's earlier films such as The Rock, Armageddon, etc. We wish both men continued success.
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          Albert H. Wunsch III, Esq

 We are represented by our friend and attorney Albert H. Wunsch III. Albert is not only our attorney and friend, he is also a historian and has written forewords and assisted with our projects at many levels.


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