
Black Camp 21 (Paperback)
Bill Jones (author)- In stock
SHORTLISED FOR THE MCILVANNEY SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT PRIZE 2019
All over Britain, POW camps are filling up with defeated German soldiers. Every day, thousands more pour in on ships from France. But only the most dangerous are sent to Camp 21 - 'black' prisoners - SS diehards who've sworn death before surrender. Nothing will stop their war, unless it's a bullet.
As one fanatic plots a mass breakout and glorious march on London, Max Hartmann dreams of the oath he pledged to the teenage bride he scarcely knows and the child he's never met. Where do his loyalties really lie? To Hitler or to the life he left behind in the bombed ruins of his homeland?
Beneath the wintry mountains, in the hell of Black Camp 21, suspicion and fear swirl around like the endless snow. And while the Reich crumbles - and his brutal companions plan their assault - Max's toughest battle is only just beginning.
Inspired by terrifying actual events, Black Camp 21 takes readers on a gut-wrenching journey from the battlefields of France to its shocking climax in a camp which still stands today.
Publisher: Birlinn General
ISBN: 9781846974601
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 362 g
Dimensions: 195 x 130 x 28 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Excellent - a story I never heard before, told with pace and power, and no pulled punches. Highly recommended'
-- Lee Child'A fine, deeply felt piece of writing'
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“Gripping stuff”
I read this in two sittings. Rarely have I been held so tightly by a story....and one based on real events too. Wholeheartedly recommended.
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