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The Traitor : A Novel
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The Traitor
Author(s): Guy Walters
There was something powerful about it, something magnetic. He had witnessed the effect of such uniforms in the newsreels; now he was about to wear one. But this SS uniform -- the uniform proudly worn by so many maniacs and murderers -- bore a Union Jack...It was an insult to King and Country.
In November 1943 the Nazis capture British secret agent John Lockhart while he is on a Resistance mission to German-occupied Crete. They give him a stark choice: betray his country or die.
In a decision some might consider treason and moral folly, Lockhart acts out of love and strikes a bargain with his captors: in return for his wife, who is interned in a concentration camp, he will change sides. But he is stunned to learn that his mission is to lead the British Free Corps, a clandestine unit of the SS composed of British fascists and renegades culled from POW camps. Aware that he, like them, will be branded a traitor, Lockhart seeks to redeem himself by destroying a terrifying secret weapon that threatens to change the course of history.
Review(s):
"A classic page-turner. If your perfect thriller combines adventure and political intrigue, then Guy Walters's debut is well worth the wait."
-- The Times (London)
"Masterfully crafted and genuinely frightening."
-- The Daily Express
"Extremely well written...quite a find."
-- Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller
ISBN: 9780743270151
Author(s): Guy Walters
There was something powerful about it, something magnetic. He had witnessed the effect of such uniforms in the newsreels; now he was about to wear one. But this SS uniform -- the uniform proudly worn by so many maniacs and murderers -- bore a Union Jack...It was an insult to King and Country.
In November 1943 the Nazis capture British secret agent John Lockhart while he is on a Resistance mission to German-occupied Crete. They give him a stark choice: betray his country or die.
In a decision some might consider treason and moral folly, Lockhart acts out of love and strikes a bargain with his captors: in return for his wife, who is interned in a concentration camp, he will change sides. But he is stunned to learn that his mission is to lead the British Free Corps, a clandestine unit of the SS composed of British fascists and renegades culled from POW camps. Aware that he, like them, will be branded a traitor, Lockhart seeks to redeem himself by destroying a terrifying secret weapon that threatens to change the course of history.
Review(s):
"A classic page-turner. If your perfect thriller combines adventure and political intrigue, then Guy Walters's debut is well worth the wait."
-- The Times (London)
"Masterfully crafted and genuinely frightening."
-- The Daily Express
"Extremely well written...quite a find."
-- Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller
ISBN: 9780743270151