Blood Eagle [Hardcover]

Robert Barr Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

While the apparent suicide of Hitler's niece in 1931 may have gone unquestioned in its time, two modern American agents must race to uncover the truth behind her death before the KGB and a well-financed neo-Nazi group interfere. As the death toll rises and time runs out, this compelling story comes to a thrilling conclusion as those in search of answers must fight to keep the truth from being hidden forever.

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From Publishers Weekly

Retired U.S. Army colonel and law professor Smith makes an awkward fiction debut with a thriller set mainly in 1960s West Germany. Maj. Tom Cooper, U.S. Army, and Capt. Simon Berwick, of the British SAS, join forces to track down a neo-Nazi movement called the Fatherland Party after terrorist attacks take the lives of their wives and children. Desensitized by their loss, the pair easily take to their new purpose and mercilessly cut down their targets in an effort to discover the secret behind Fatherland, which is somehow connected with the mysterious death of Hitler's mistress Geli Raubal in 1931. Jarring anachronisms, like a Muslim terrorist blowing up a 747 over the Atlantic in 1965, don't help a predictable plot and an implausible premise. (Oct.)
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About the Author

Robert Barr Smith is a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma who lectures extensively on military and western history. He is the author of nine books, including Daltons!: The Raid on Coffeyville, Kansas; Last Hurrah of the James-Younger Gang; and Tough Towns: True Tales from the Gritty Streets of the Old West. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Medallion Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933836105
• ISBN-13: 978-1933836102
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,378,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Ho Hum, December 22, 2007

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J. D. Andersen "Jim" (Lincoln City, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Eagle (Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly can give you the plot synopsis better than I, so I won't bother.

There are so many glaring errors in the time line of this book that they prove to be distractions. Publishers Weekly mentions one, the blowing up of a 747 by a Muslim terrorist in 1965. The 747 didn't enter commercial service until 1970 and Muslim terrorists were concentrating on Israel in 1965, not airplanes. Another reference is made to one of the agents carrying a Desert Eagle pistol. This, too, doesn't fit the time frame of the novel. The Desert Eagle wasn't developed until 1983. A reference to Dirty Harry in 1967. He was a '70's phenomenon. Those are just a few of the many time line errors in this book.

The plot itself is nothing special. The action thriller is a very tough genre for a novelist. There are many established writers who excel in this area. While I am always looking for an author with a new 'hook', this book does not fill the bill.