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Work InformationThe Runner by Christopher Reich (2000)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A fun bit of alt-history, but too many coincidences needed to make the plot work. Outstanding characterization, and quite outstanding narration. The main characters remained unresolved - we found out a lot about who they were, and how the story impacted them. I wish we could have found out who they bacame. ( ) Set after the collapse of Germany, The Runner is basically a ww2 era detective story. An SS prisoner held for war crimes escapes aided by a shadowy group. An ex-policeman now military lawyer seeks retribution for his dead brother whilst aforementioned shadowy group tries to advance a conspiracy to protect their own interests within the newly forming framework of post nazi Germany. It's not terrible, however nor is it particularly outstanding in any particular way. Growing up during the Cold War I had heard a number of times that the best thing the US could have done at the end of World War II would have been for the US Army to march on past Berlin and go all the way to Moscow, defeating both our wartime enemy and our ally-cum-adversary all in one fell swoop. Fleshing out this hypothetical possibility is the motif for Christopher Reich’s post-war thriller, The Runner. Reich creates characters, some directly from history and others as fictional composites, and situations both real and hypothetical, and weaves them together in a compelling story. The key characters are a Nazi villain, a reluctant American hero and a woman with multiple forces pulling at her. There are many lesser characters, whose loyalties and motives are rarely as they first appear. The action is fast and seldom predictable. As a needed diversion from my usual reading, which is nearly all non-fiction, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. no reviews | add a review
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At the end of World War Two Erich Seyss, former SS officer and Olympic sprinter, known as 'The White Lion', is being held in an American POW camp awaiting a war crimes trial that he knows will see him hanged. Using all his ruthless skill as a trained killer, Seyss escapes, finding refuge with a shadowy organisation of former Nazis who plan to use his unique expertise in a breathtaking plot - a conspiracy that could change the destiny of Europe. Pursuing Seyss with furious determination is Devlin Judge, an American lawyer whose brother, an Amercian GI, was shot by Seyss in the last days of the war. With Seyss now on the loose, Devlin must find him at all costs - not only to avenge his brother, but to prevent a catastrophe of horrifying proportions. No library descriptions found. |
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