January 1939. When the British Foreign Minister receives a phone call from Berlin, Amsterdam must be warned. Forces within the Dutch government are working on staging a terrorist attack on their own soil to trigger war with Germany, but is the threat taken seriously and will they prevent mass casual-ties? When Celestina is flown from Barcelona to Berlin, she expects anything. Except being assigned to Amsterdam by the Nazis to stage a terrorist attack that will trigger war. Horrified by the idea of working for the enemy and killing civilians, she must choose between her own life or the lives of millions. Frank has settled in Amsterdam and is making a living as a pho tographer. He enjoys capturing the city and reporting news for the papers. When an old aquaintance from Barcelona arrives in the city, he is dragged into events that may cost millions of lives. He must figure out what Celestina is up to before he becomes the first victim. Marleen enjoys being a jazz singer, but the letter from Germany saying she must return sounds like a death sentence. She has two weeks to vanish, find a new life, new identity, new country to live in. Frank may be her ticket out of here, but as they lose control of events, her hope of escape is all but gone.
Genre: FICTION / Historical / World War IIThis is the author's third novel. None of them have been huge sellers, but they have all earned favourable reviews, with Mont Noir getting only five star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.
Celestina lit a cigarette as the drone of the Italian war planes grew louder. For the last few days, late afternoon would bring death and destruction to Barcelona. People ran for cover, frantically searching for the nearest basement, but she just stood there in the middle of the square. She took a deep drag as the shadows appeared in the sky above, like a formation of crosses that brought about a Biblical apocalypse and sent the unlucky to Heaven. Or, what was more likely, the sinners to Hell. There were no angels left in Barcelona. Years of civil war had turned everyone into a devil. The good ones were dead.
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Kevin J. Turcios
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