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Operation: Blackheart

Operation: Blackheart - Jonathan Brett They’re on a mission to recover a Nazi secret weapon and that is all they know. This group of GI’s has a task at hand and they know that they need to get their mission done. The time period is WW2 and while other German soldiers have tried to reach the weapon no one has been successful. Why do they think that a group of US soldiers can be successful in such harsh conditions? What does the gift of an old cross to one of the US soldiers mean to this trip? Who can you really trust when there are so many unknowns? Lots of emotions for the soldiers even before they begin their assignment but they did have a chance to back out before loading the plane to go. There is even heartache from being torn from loved ones as we read letters written to individuals weighing on individuals hearts. These letters give us additional narration being played out with the soldiers’ in the playing field of the horrors and instability that they are witnessing. Between the nervousness of the circumstances that the soldiers are walking into and the drama between the soldiers themselves, the tension is thick. Tempers flare, the characters lash out and the suspension never stops until you close the book for the night. The yellow eyes of the wolves call out to the soldiers at night keep them running. Are the wolves hunting them or are they after the secret weapon too?I thought the action and the suspense in the book was really good. I thought I was a part of the team and I was hunting for the secret weapon also. The plot was good and thought out and was carried through without dropping off during the story. It really did keep my attention and it made me think what I would have done in that same situation. I loved the ending too. My only drawback was the way the soldiers bickered back and forth, that got old. I thought they would pull together more and fight “through thick and thin” and a couple of them did that but they seemed to argue a lot (at least I thought they did).