![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Marquis cleverly borrows real-life inspirations from British journalist Ben McIntyre’s excellent books about wartime spy craft and throws in many true historical figures, including J. The book features a few contrivances that are a stretch, and sometimes the many complications feel convoluted and overwhelming. Things are complicated enough, but the author introduces yet another wrinkle in tough local rancher Katherine Templeton, whose origins and sympathies are critical to the Wolfgang brothers’ fate. The German prisoners are commanded by the sadistic Colonel Franz Kepler, and all come under the authority of the upstanding but frustrated warden of Camp Pershing, Jack Morrison. It turns out the U-boat is commanded by Erik’s brother, Wolfgang, and is also carrying sadistic SS Major Prochnow, who tries, unsuccessfully, to discover Erik’s secret mission.Īs the story unfolds, the brothers are captured by the Americans and sent to a POW camp in rural Colorado. Its mission is to pick up fugitive German spy Erik von Walburg, who is carrying information that could be crucial to the war’s outcome and must deliver it safely into the hands of the German war machine. Marquis opens on German U-boat 521 in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Samuel Marquis launches a new series about World War II that offers a very different perspective from most adventure novels that involve Nazis: This time, the good guys are German. ![]()
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