WWII, Pacific Theater, Amos Mead tries to find the German Nazi spy who is trying to steal the new American radar ssytem. Action on the high seas. From Berlin to Fiji - fight's on!
OSS agent Amos Mead, operating in London, 1943, uncovers a Nazi plan to steal "Orion's Eye", the latest combat radar technology in the US Army. He is assigned to unravel the plot. This assignment takes him and the story from London to Washington, from Chile to Hawaii - and finally clashes in an epic battle of survival near Fiji when over 1300 American and German soldiers and sailors fight for their lives in the Pacific Ocean.
The story is based on historic events and real people. Many of the people involved "play" themselves as the events unfold.
Excerpt
The Mouth of Aisén Fjord
Latitude 45°24’ S - Longitude 72°42’ W
4 Km from Puerto Aisén, Chile
The U-835 arrived off Puerto Montt on schedule. The pre-arranged radio communication from Otto Hauptmann produced a warning about the New Zealand ship, and he relayed his change of plans to the Kapitän.
Hauptmann’s sail from Puerto Montt to the mouth of the Aisén Fjord had been as smooth as these waters allowed. His hired fishing sloop is manned by a Chilean crew, descendants of Germans émigrés and loyal to the Third Reich.
Skillfully they sailed one kilometer up the entrance to the fjord, then seeing no other boats they tacked about and returned to the rendezvous line arriving at the agreed time.
At the same time the U-835 arrived underwater, spotted the sailing vessel through their raised periscope, and moved in its direction. Hauptmann sighted the periscope off the starboard bow of his small sloop. At the same time he spotted a Chilean trawler headed in from the open sea and coolly ordered the captain of his sloop to lay on a westerly coarse, favorable to the offshore breeze that blew cold from the mountains.
Ernst Kalbruener, Kapitän (captain) of the Kriegsmarine submarine U-835, watched through his periscope as the sloop that he believed to be his target took up the westerly course, swinging the mainsail outboard to catch the offshore wind. It bore down on his periscope and passed a few yards to the north. As they passed the periscope to seaward Hauptmann immediately showed a small red flag, keeping it behind the sail so that the trawler could not see it.
Per instructions to confirm their identity the sloop dipped its main sail three times.
Fifty yards away toward the shore the U-835 broke the surface, appearing where only moments before had been vacant sea. Pacific blue water poured from her partially surfaced superstructure as the two vessels closed. At the precise time agreed upon, Hauptmann sprang aboard and entered the opened hatch on the side of the conning tower.
The U-835 slipped below the waves, never seen by the trawler, and set a course north by west.
The Eye of the Hunter had become the prey.
Professional Reviews
Book Pleasures Review 2009
A wonderful combination of historical fact and fiction woven together by a remarkable new talent in the world of unsung authors. Tom Gauthier has done an outstanding job with this edge-of-the-seat thriller. the ending will totally blow you away! This is one book that is a must-read for any WWII buffs or anyone who just enjoys reading.
Th ending of this great work is a delightful touch of intrigue and mystery. You will have to read the book to know the depth to which this writer can take you. Don't pass this one up as a truly great read.
Sandra E. Graham
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