Hornet Flight: 2

by KenFollett (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $12.64

  This title is from the master storyteller, a startling new thriller set amidst the Danish Resistance. It is June 1941 and Denmark is under German occupation. On the rocky coast of Denmark, two brothers, Harald and Arne Olufsen are straining against the rigid confines imposed by their elderly parents. Meanwhile, a network of MI6 spies is attempting to decipher an encrypted Luftwaffe radio signal which mentions the new Freya-Ger't - a rudimentary form of German radar equipment. Arne's relationship with Hermia Mount, an MI6 analyst draws him into underground politics, putting him under surveillance by the Danish security forces - and by one man in particular who has a personal motive to see Arne fall. It is only a matter of time before the brothers' paths converge in a united effortto overcome the Nazis. A disused Hornet Moth biplane is their only means of getting a vital message to the British ...

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.47

  In June of 1941 a baffling Luftwaffe radio message is picked up by the decoders of Allied intelligence. It mentions a new invention with the codename Freya-the Viking goddess of love. Starting from this slender clue, intelligence analyst Hermia Mount begins to suspect the existence of a top secret experimental radar station on the coast of Denmark. Meanwhile Harald Olufsen, a brilliant young Danish student, is coming to the same conclusion by a different route. Although more interested in getting to know the alluring Karen Duchwitz, Harald is gradually drawn into Hermia's investigation. But when he finally learns the truth, he finds he has no way of getting to England with the information-except for a derelict Hornet Moth biplane rusting away in the nave of a ruined church...