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edge of seat, action packed cant put down

Good book. A little different subject matter for Iles

Excellent story by one of my favorite authors. Make sure you have extra spare time for this one.

Have already ordered more of his books. Very Good read. Could not put it down. Wife made me shut off reading light.

D Day , toxic nerve gas, etc

good book - love this author

This was my first Greg Iles book. I really enjoyed his writing style and the story and characters were very engaging.

After Dr. Mark (Mac) McConnell dies, his grandson discovers the American pacifist had served the war effort 50 years ago: D-Day is imminent when British Prime Minister Churchill learns that the Nazis have a "Black Cross" class of deadly nerve gases. The British coerce Mac, then a defensive chemical warfare researcher at Oxford, into accompanying a battle-hardened Zionist to execute a plan to convince the Germans that the British also have the gas. Mac and his accomplice must penetrate the German concentration camp where the gases are being developed and tested, then destroy the camp with the Allies' own tiny supply of Black Cross gas. Aided by a German nurse, they pull off the improbable plot. Like Iles's previous book, Spandau Phoenix (LJ, 4/15/93), this is graphically violent and fast paced, but it is more tightly written and better focused than that first novel, which was a New York Times best seller in paperback. A tribute to World War II valor and sacrifice, this suspenseful, above average thriller is recommended for popular fiction collections.--.

Good nazi thriller

A fantastic book! Non stop suspense and action. Takes you from present day back to WWII with a story of the Nazi development of Sarin and Soban poison gases and their potential use to stop the D-Day invasion. A great book.

I thought this was one of Iles' better books! Very exciting. And believable.

Excellent Nazi-era fiction. Big, involved, exciting -- I stayed up all night reading.

i loved this book. really powerful reading

this booked turned me on to greg iles. i read it in about 24 hours. great WWII action.

Good period thriller set in closing stages of WWII.