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"An intense what-if that ties a present-day freelance photographer to an ill-fated WWII German assault on Manhattan . . . Scarrow has a real talent for pacing, and he keeps the tension escalating." —Publishers Weekly
"An exuberant and epic tale." —Good Book Guide
"An epic tale that moves between the present and the last days of the Third Reich." —Eastern Daily Press
"This is a fascinating timeslip mystery . . . Scarrow manages the division well, keeping up the suspense on both sides of the story." —Guardian
"Alex Scarrow's depiction of Britain as only a few hours away from disintegration is chillingly plausible. This is the perfect book to give to somebody who opposes your plans to build a wind farm." —Daily Telegraph
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It's early April 1945, deep in the bloodied days of World War II. The Nazi regime is being slowly throttled by the oncoming Russian and Allied armies and Hitler rages uselessly in his Berlin bunker. But the high command have one more throw of the dice to make. An audacious plan is hatched to save the Fatherland and beat off the oncoming apocalypse. All it will take is a hodge-podge squadron of escort fighters, a captured U.S. bomber, and one brave but suicidal pilot to fly it over the Atlantic into the beating heart of America. Half a century later, a rusting plane is discovered, sunk with its crew, off the coast of New York—a relic from a bygone age. Chris Roland, a brilliant young photographer, is sent to take photos of this time capsule. But it is only when he discovers that the fragments of Nazi uniforms on the decaying corpses that he realizes that he has come across a secret so terrible that even 50 years later it could still kill him.
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A Thousand Suns, Sep 26 2006
By Dave Dempsey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Suns (Hardcover)
This book is an absolutely brilliant read. A really fantastic story brilliantly interwoven with truely exciting history. I could not put the book down, I read it cover to cover in one day which is a first for me. Definitly on the must read list for all, great present.
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Thrilling, exciting... A Must-Read..., July 20 2009
By Tolga BALCI - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Suns (Paperback)
I am personally amazed by Alex Scarrow's first novel, A Thousand Suns, which upon completion I felt that it was from a veteran author.The story is about a discovery off the coast of New York. The reader is guided back and forth between the Nazi Germany and today's United States and the emotions, ideas, opinions very well woven into the book's pages. The faces, places and scenes in the book are well known to everyone, from Adolf Hitler to the burning streets of Berlin, from Luftwaffe to President's Office. These elements in the book sink the reader to the story more and helps him visualize everything without much effort (such as seeing the tired face of Hitler or the bombed and devastated streets of Stuttgart). Plus, the plot of the story, the completed but an untested Atom bomb is not an impossible point, but rather a point where Nazis have neared, if not completed.
It is, in my opinion, a definite must-read. Not for the World War 2 fans but also for the action/war readers as well. If you are the WW2-type of person like me, don't be surprised if you finish the book in one day, totally immersed in it; this is highly probable.
A thousand congratulations to Alex Scarrow. This is an incredible debut.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A gripping thriller!, Jun 12 2007
By John Prigent "John Prigent" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Suns (Hardcover)
This is a cracking good read! What begins as a simple assignment for a magazine photographer soon becomes far more. Chris is asked to photograph an American bomber found underwater close inshore, but when he dives to it he finds evidence that it was flown by Germans. Who, and why? The story then goes back in time to the last days of the Third Reich, with defeated Germans trekking despondently away from the advancing Russians. One special bomber crew is sought among the refugees, found, and assigned for a very special mission. They are to fly a captured B-17 across the Atlantic to New York for a "demonstration". Exactly what they are to demonstrate becomes clear later, among some thrilling combat scenes both in the air and on the ground. Clashes of conscience show the best sides of some Germans as well as the total lack of conscience among others, who believe in revenge at all costs - foiled by a final act of self-sacrifice. Interspersed returns to the present show Chris hunted by mysterious figures who clearly do not wish him well and are desperate to conceal the truth about the bomber's cargo. Could all this really have happened? Yes, it could. German research very nearly reached the point shown here, and the Germans did capture flyable bombers and use them. Don't miss this book!
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