Knight's Cross Author:E.M. Nathanson and Aaron Bank A suspense novel so explosive it could only be based on fact. — The Time: The closing days of WWII, and the Germans were organizing their final plan to defeat the Allied powers. If successful, the Last Redoubt would extend the war and revitalize Nazi forces. — the Man: OSS Captain Dan Brooks-ambulslhes,, raids, sabotage, subversive and guerilla w... more »arfare were his specialties. He was the Allies' choice to damage the enemy war machine- and to take a dangerous assingment that no one else would dare.