Ken Follett and the intrigue of World War II—“a winning formula” (Entertainment Weekly) if ever there was one. With his riveting prose and unerring instinct for suspense, the #1 New York Times bestselling author takes to the skies over Europe during the early days of the war in a most extraordinary novel. . . . It is June 1941, and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are … England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAF’s flight paths and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Meanwhile, across the North Sea, eighteen-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the German-occupied Danish island of Sande and discovers an astonishing sight. He doesn’t know what it is, but he knows he must tell someone. And when he learns the truth, it will fall upon him to deliver word to England—except that he has no way to get there. He has only an old derelict Hornet Moth biplane rusting away in a ruined church—a plane so decrepit that it is unlikely to ever get off the ground . . . even if Harald knew how to fly it.
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Great book
Another great book by Ken Follett. Lots of action, plot twists and suspense. One of my favorite authors.
Great book, what you expect from Follett.
Not Follet’s best but an entertaining read. Too much in the way of stretching the story line to reach the results wanted. But, I would read it again!!!
very realistic. Suspenseful
I like these books from Follett which have strong female characters without whom the hero would be unlikely to save the day. I read this a long time ago, but it still remains one of my favorite Ken Follett books about WWII.
Ken Follett is an expert in historical fiction. This story is based on fact; WWII comes alive.
Anything written by Follett is GOLDEN
Ken Follett’s writing is always superb, and this book is no exception. I loved the story and the characters.
Even though the prime characters, we’re tough people, the book did not need to be written for young people. A weak, slow story line, that was very careful not to shock and sensibilities made for a rather dull, an unmemorable story. I was rather disappointed.
Have never read a KenFollet book that wasn’t good. No exception here.
The story was plausible but one center point in story was nonsense. a glaring error which anyone in aviation knew instantly was false.
The Danish police officer who’s career hung in the balance suddenly decided to have the chocks under wheels of the Lufthansa airplane checked. they found one chock was hollow with evidence inside. This chock was in Denmark but the evidence was to be delivered to Sweden , thus the airplane chocks would need to be carried to Sweden within the plane. Chocks are mainly small pieces of wood placed in front and back of aircrafts wheels to prevent rolling if brakes fail. As such they are removed after the airplane has engines running, immediately prior to taxis to runway. The airline operations required the landing gear pins ( steel pins inserted in Landing gear to prevent collapse if pressure is lost) and chocks were displayed to Flight crew immediately prior to release of brakes to taxis . In fact that procedure is carried out even today.
In the early days of aviation, the load capacity was limited thus nothing was carried that was not needed in flight. This was center point on which the remainder of the story hung. A good story if you ignore the implausible error.
I would say read the book it pleasant good read.
Ken Follett is one of my favorite authors . The premises for his books are different from each other and excellent. Again, this book ended too quickly. His characters are well drawn. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.