Overview

It is fall 1944, Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope they'll be home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's Commando, famed for his daring rescue of the imprisoned Mussolini, has just received orders for Operation Greif: he is to assemble a new brigade of two thousand men, all of whom speak English, and send them behind Allied lines disguised as GIs, where they will wreak havoc in advance of a savage new offensive. And from those men, Skorzeny is to select a smaller group, made up of the twenty most highly skilled commandos fluent in American culture, to attempt an even more sinister mission-the second objective-which, if completed, not only would change the course of the war, but would change the course of history.

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Finally revealed, Hitler's last throw of the dice in an attempt to win the Second World War. Has bestseller written all over it. -- Jack Higgins, New York Times bestselling author What makes The Second Objective stand out, besides the historical detail, is its absolutely relentless pacing and cliffhanger turns. -- Los Angeles Times The Second Objective recalls The Day of the Jackal and is just as likely to become a movie. The suspenseful mystery in a wartime setting with more turns in the plot than a mountain road is likely to satisfy both mystery fans and World War II buffs. -- Des Moines Register Thriller gold...Comparisons with Day of the Jackal are inevitable and not amiss. -- Publishers Weekly It doesn't spoil the suspense of this historical fiction to know which side wins. -- Kirkus Reviews

It doesn't spoil the suspense of this historical fiction to know which side wins. -- Kirkus Reviews Thriller gold...Comparisons with Day of the Jackal are inevitable and not amiss. -- Publishers Weekly The Second Objective recalls The Day of the Jackal and is just as likely to become a movie. The suspenseful mystery in a wartime setting with more turns in the plot than a mountain road is likely to satisfy both mystery fans and World War II buffs. -- Des Moines Register What makes The Second Objective stand out, besides the historical detail, is its absolutely relentless pacing and cliffhanger turns. -- Los Angeles Times Finally revealed, Hitler's last throw of the dice in an attempt to win the Second World War. Has bestseller written all over it. -- Jack Higgins, New York Times bestselling author

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Mark Frost received a Writers Guild Award and an Emmy nomination for the acclaimed television series Hill Street Blues and was cocreator and executive producer of the legendary television series Twin Peaks. In 2005 he wrote and produced The Greatest Game Ever Played, a major motion picture based on his book of the same name. An avid golfer, Frost lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York with his wife and son. Erik Steele is a professional actor living in New York City, where he has worked both on and off Broadway and in film. He has toured with the prestigious Acting Company, performing Shakespeare and Sheridan in theaters from Atlanta to Anchorage. He holds an MFA in acting from New York University and a BA from Vassar College.

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