{"product_id":"9780743270151","title":"The Traitor : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Guy Walters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"A classic page-turner. If your perfect thriller combines adventure and political intrigue, then Guy Walters's debut is well worth the wait.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterfully crafted and genuinely frightening.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extremely well written...quite a find.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Sarah Broadhurst, \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743270151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592139518158,"sku":"9780743270151","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_a2ce23da-7ad4-4ba9-9dc9-7abbdc47383f.jpg?v=1637763818","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743270151","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}