Basil St. Florian is a captain in the British Army, an agent tasked with a dangerous mission in the midst of World War II. He has been sent across the channel into occupied France to find and photograph a manuscript that does not officially exist, one that may hold the key to a code that, if cracked, could prevent the death of millions and possibly even end the war two years earlier than anticipated.
Basil's mission challenges him with one problem after another, and it doesn't help matters that the S.S. and the Abwehr are following his every move in a cat-and-mouse chase across France. But Basil is willing to risk his life to get to the manuscript, even if the genius professor Alan Turing can't guarantee he'll be able to extract the code if Basil is successful.
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About the Author
Stephen Hunter graduated from Northwestern University in 1968. He was a journalist for the Baltimore Sun from 1971 to 1996, then he moved to the Washington Post, where he stayed until his retirement in 2008. In 1998, Hunter won the ASNE Distinguished Writing Award in the criticism category. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for his authoritative film criticism in the Washington Post. Hunter is the author of the popular Bob Lee Swagger series, and in 2007 his novel Point of Impact was made into the successful Hollywood blockbuster Shooter, staring Mark Wahlberg. Hunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife.
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Basil St. Florian is a captain in the British Army, an agent tasked with a dangerous mission in the midst of World War II. He has been sent across the channel into occupied France to find and photograph a manuscript that does not officially exist, one that may hold the key to a code that, if cracked, could prevent the death of millions and possibly even end the war two years earlier than anticipated.
Basil's mission challenges him with one problem after another, and it doesn't help matters that the S.S. and the Abwehr are following his every move in a cat-and-mouse chase across France. But Basil is willing to risk his life to get to the manuscript, even if the genius professor Alan Turing can't guarantee he'll be able to extract the code if Basil is successful.
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About the Author
Stephen Hunter graduated from Northwestern University in 1968. He was a journalist for the Baltimore Sun from 1971 to 1996, then he moved to the Washington Post, where he stayed until his retirement in 2008. In 1998, Hunter won the ASNE Distinguished Writing Award in the criticism category. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for his authoritative film criticism in the Washington Post. Hunter is the author of the popular Bob Lee Swagger series, and in 2007 his novel Point of Impact was made into the successful Hollywood blockbuster Shooter, staring Mark Wahlberg. Hunter lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife.