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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book shattered all of my pre-opinions about history books. It is engrossing and captivates the reader from beginning to end. It's a book to read in a day because you CANNOT put it down! I want to be a writer someday. I hope I can captivate as extraordinary as Mr. Iles
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Summary: couldn't put it down!
Review: I know it sounds trite and hackneyed, but I spent most of a Saturday afternoon reading the last 150 pages of this book when I should have been doing chores! My teenage sons have also read this book, and all three of us loved it. Greg Iles brought a very sinister part of World War II alive for us.
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Summary: Compelling, haunting, heart-wrenching, unforgettable...
Review: ...disturbing, painful, tragic, and you'll love every minute of it! Adored the characters, particularly the women. Scenes in the death camp will break your heart. The last 100 pages are impossible to put down. Truly good enough to read twice.
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Summary: First class novel, a masterpiece!
Review: Black Cross was my first book of Greg Iles's, and it definately set the tone for reading the other two. This is the best of his three books, and one of the best I've ever read. The way Stern and McConnel have to form an unlikely friwndship to overcome great odds was masterful. Greg Iles is truely a master! This book is an essential for anyone interested in World War 2, or just plain old adventure. Enjoy! Tyler Robbins, 14, from Tacoma, Washington
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Summary: Compelling story of an almost bungled mission
Review: This book almost wove a bit of political intrigue into an action story. The story was based on a mission which was to be completed by two unlikely people. Everything works out OK in the end though.
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Summary: A triumphant follow up to the SPANDAU PHEONIX...
Review: A truly great read! Jonas Stern is back from the pages of SPANDAU PHEONIX, Greg Iles first book, and is up against the Nazi's again!
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Summary: Staring in the Face of Evil
Review: Jonas Stern emerged as a compelling character in Spandau Phoenix. The reader is given a closer look at a young Stern in Black Cross. Iles has managed to create a strong "counterpoint" to Stern in Mark McConnell, a man who inevitably is forced to examine his own life and beliefs. The pair, selected by Brigadier Duff Smith, is sent on a suicide mission to stop the Nazis from employing a weapon that could turn the tide from Allied victory to Nazi domination. Once in Rostock, Stern's birthplace, they find themselves up against unanticipated complications beyond Dr. Klaus Brandt and his brown shirted SD guards. Jewish prisoner Rachel Jansen echoes the struggles of McConnell and Stern in her own attempts to ensure the survival of her two children and finds an unexpected ally in Sturmbandenfuhrer Wolfgang Stoerner, a Wehrmacht officer who has perhaps not forgotten the meaning of honor and love after all. The novel is a tense, captivating drama that not only entertains, but shows the reader a close look at the face of evil.
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Summary: Difficult to put down-better than Spandau-Phoenix, if possbl
Review: I am an avid reader of almost all types of fiction and thought Spandau Phoenix was one of the best books I have ever read. In my opinion, Black Cross is several times better, if this is possible. The details created by Iles makes you wish you could have gone on the "assignment:. I liked the book so well, I just ordered the Audio version from Amazon
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Summary: A solid World War II thriller.
Review: It is hard to top good historical fiction, and Black Cross delivers that. Iles could have trimmed the book some, but it still moves quickly. Some of the description of the bombing raid that is the climax of the novel gets confusing and somewhat implausible.
Iles character development is rich and he is able to weave the various players rather effectively.
The final portion of the book is as taut and exciting as books get.
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Summary: supurb nazi thriller
Review: Static electricity continually arcs the gaps between history and "could have this really happened", sending jolts of spine searing shocks as you turn the pages of this spectacular novel. Hitler has perfected deadly Sarin nerve gas and plans to deploy it on the beaches of Normandy, thereby denuding the beaches of life in the first 15 minutes of the invasion. Churchill, in a desperate gambit, sends a commando squad into Nazi Germany to neuter the threat. Will they succeed??
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