Christmas Eve, 1944. The Ardennes Forest was thick with blood as the Battle of The Bulge raged on. But in the midst of combat, two hundred troopsAmericans and Germans alikeabruptly ceased fighting each other and united to face one common, and unspeakable, enemy. Only two men survived. Now, more than five decades later, one still remains institutionalized and unable, or unwilling, to speak. Then, suddenly, he begins to rant, shrieking in terror about unmentionable horror in the Ardennes pray that somebody listens!
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Timothy B. Benford's books include: the novels, The Ardennes Tapes, and Hitler's Daughter and in nonfiction: Righteous Carnage; The World Warr II Quiz & Fact Book(2 vols); World War II Flashback; The Space Program Quiz & Fact Book; The Royal Family Quiz & Fact Book. Benford resides in Mountainside, NJ, with his wife Marilyn.
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Spellbinding!,
By jennifer (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ardennes Tapes: ...Pray that Somebody Listens! (Paperback)
I loved this book because it grabbed my interest from the moment I picked it up and held it until I finished reading it three days later. Timothy B. Benford knows how to keep a reader spellbound. This thriller had convincing dialogue that keeps you hooked and makes the characters so believable. I went out and looked for more books by Mr. Benford after I finsiehd this one. I discovered that he's written a dozen or so books and I am currently reading one about World War 2 now. I love it too!
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The Thinking Person's Stephen King,
By Martin Crawford (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ardennes Tapes: ...Pray that Somebody Listens! (Paperback)
When it first came out The Ardennes Tapes was compared favorably with the efforts of Stephen King in a United Press International (UPI) review. That hardly does this excellent book justice. Where King spends chapters confusing the reader with the kind of horror you have to suspend belief in, Benford weaves detailed, suspenseful fiction built around actual events and then hits you with the unthinkable horror. This book opens in the present (of 1989) but then plays out the story as a flashback to the Battle of the Bulge (read the plot description above). You do not have to be a war-book buff to enjoy this one. And believe me, enjoy it you will! Benford has written about a dozen other books, including four nonfiction about World War II, but only two novels: The Ardennes Tapes and an equally enjoyable thriller "Hitler's Daughter". Put this author on your list of books you want to read. I am especially impressed with his out of the ordinary, off-the-beaten path plots and his expert development of them. Where does someone get these ideas? Why isn't this guy writing for the movies or television? We "discovered" him after writing a review for NewsUSA of his latest book (May, 2001) "Pearl Harbor Amazing Facts!" a nonfiction tome that will blow you away with all the odd, unusual, and interesting material nobody ever told you about the attack. After reviewing that book for NewsUSA I decided to check out Benford's other books for myself. This review is strictly personal, on my own, not for NewsUSA or anybody else. That's how much I like his books. You will too.
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Very original and good,
By sleeper30 "tom" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ardennes Tapes: ...Pray that Somebody Listens! (Paperback)
A survivor of a massacre where over 200 US and Nazi troops were killed inside the Ardennes Forest and its secret cave wakes up in a psychiatric institution and begins to tell a tale about what really happened there on Christmas Eve in 1944. He wild tale describes how both troops came to fight an ancient evil, which was released from its prison after being sealed there for many centuries. Original, great, scary.
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