Tin Sky (Martin Bora)
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1908524510 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 410 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Superb historical fiction and character study I must confess I was so eager to read this book I ordered a paperback copy from Amazon UK last year, so I finished it before it even went on sale here in the States. Nor was I disappointed. The latest book in this series more than fulfills the promise of the pr. Great novels! I look forward to the next one The last (so far) in a series of novels with World War II German officer Marin Bora. This book takes place in the Soviet Union. These books are much more than "war stories". Great novels! I look forward to the next one in this series. Read one of these and you'. Difficult to read but well written All the name places & German officer ranks were confusing which made the story hard to follow initially. However, I perservered & it was a clever plot. Detective tale in a war situation. The comments about his reaction to Stalingrad were very poignant.
FOURTH IN THE MARTIN BORA SERIES.SPELLBINDING MULTI-LAYERED CRIME NOVEL SET IN UKRAINE AS THE GERMANS REGROUP AFTER THE DISASTER OF STALINGRAD.FOR FANS OF PHILLIP KERR (BERNIE GUNTHER SERIES), ALAN FURST (SPIES OF THE BALKANS).THE HERO, MAJOR MARTIN BORA, IS AN ARISTOCRATIC GERMAN OFFICER OF THE ILK OF CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG, TORN BETWEEN HIS DUTY AS AN OFFICER AND HIS INTEGRITY AS A HUMAN BEING.Ukraine, 1943. Soon he and another general, this one previously captured, are found dead in their cells. Weariness, disillusionment, and battle fatigue are a soldier’s daily fare, yet Bora seems to be one of the few whose sanity is not marred by the horrors of war.As the Wehrmacht prepare for the Kursk counter-offensive, a Russian general defects aboard a T-34, the most advanced tank of the war. Having barely escaped the inferno of Stalingrad, Major Martin Bora
When Khan dies in Gestapo custody, an apparent poisoning victim, no one besides Bora, a decent man, seems interested in solving the crime, which may be linked to the murders at Krasny Yar. Bora has little time to investigate before a higher-profile case claims his attention. Gen. (May 2015)’ PW"Bora is a brilliantly developed character, and Pastor’s devastated Ukraine is richly atmospheric." Booklist. Ghenrikh Khan” Tibyetsky, a tank corps commander with access to the highest level of Soviet military planning, has offered to defect to the Germans. Bora handles Khan’s surrender, but the Gestapo later takes control of the prisoner. Martin Bora (after 2014’s Dark Song of Blood) takes the German army counterintelligence officer to Ukraine. This fine nov