The perilous terrain, the snow storms, the inhospitable conditions, treacherous.
![]() Months later, Nordstrum is called upon again to do the impossible, opposed by both elite Nazi soldiers and a long-standing enemy who is now a local collaboratorone man against overwhelming odds, with the fate of the war in the balance, but the choice to act means putting the one person he has a chance to love in peril. Based on the stirring true story, The Saboteur is Andrew Grosss follow-up to the riveting historical thriller, The One Man. A richly-woven story probing the limits of heroism, sacrifice and determination, The Saboteur portrays a hero who must weigh duty against his heart in order to singlehandedly end the one threat that could alter the course of the war. This really really bothered me--up until that point, I was ready to give this book 5 stars. I was so mad at him for risking the entire task by returning to the boat at the end. It could have easily upended the entire plan that he had worked on for so long. Seemed forced when they didnt even actually know one another. ![]() Its an actual place set in real time and with actual characters, though fictional names. At the end of the Kindle edition the author tells which are real, who they actually were. I have read very little of what I call historicalspy thrillers, but loved his last one, so knew I had to read this one. So many books written about different facets of World War Ii, but the material out there is endless. This was another set in a place I have read little of previously. Norway and the Nazi occupation there, but more importantly set in the mountains at what they thought was an impregnable fortress. A fortress that was producing heavy water in large quantities, what the Germans needed to make a bomb and what the rest of the world feared. ![]() Loved the relationship, the closeness between these men, men who looked out for each other despite risk.
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