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The Doomsday Testament

di James Douglas

Serie: Jamie Saintclair (1)

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In 1937 Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule, believed to be home to the legendary race of Aryan supermen.During the Second World War Heinrich Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds of concentration camp prisoners, to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. At its heart was supposedly an ancient artefact of great power - long since believed lost.Seventy years later, four guards are killed during the theft of an ancient casket from the St Petersburg museum.Now . . . Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair knew his grandfather had served in the Special Air Service in Germany during World War Two, but not the details of what he did. When he finds his grandfather's lost diary he is in for more than one surprise. Sewn in to the endpaper is a strange piece of Nazi symbolism.This simple discovery will launch him on a breathless chase across Europe and deep into Germany's dark past. There are some who will kill to find that which is lost, and although he doesn't know it, Saintclair holds the key to its hiding place.… (altro)
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This was a more plausable than Da Vinci Code book from the same trope farm. A trope farm I enjoy visiting, this is one of the better products of this mix of thriller with hints of supernatural and that the Nazis were investing things beyond their ilk and beyond their capacity and that there are some remnants that want to revive their experiments.

Jamie Saintclair thought he knew his Anglican Clergyman grandfather but after that man's sudden death he finds a diary and this lands him into a search for hidden treasures. His father served in the Special Air Service during the Second World War and his last mission was to accompany some Nazi's to freedom as part of something similar to Operation Paperclip.

It's a romp of a story with a lot of complicated derring-do and multiple double-crosses and villains. I did like the end.

It pulled me along and kept me reading, even though it stretched my plausability quota a bit occasionally. The relationship needed work but I suspect things may not be too good there anyway. ( )
  wyvernfriend | Dec 4, 2018 |
All in All - not too bad - fast paced - far fetched - and in many ways similar to others I have read. The author has just written another book in this genre of pseudo scientific - pseudo historically based adventure tales. Light & fun without much substance. ( )
  labdaddy4 | Sep 21, 2016 |
Devoured this book, just my genre - historically based with Nazis and up to date unpleasant characters thrown in. ( )
  Alan1946 | Jun 25, 2016 |
4.5 stars ( )
  Andrew-theQM | Jun 20, 2016 |
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In 1937 Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule, believed to be home to the legendary race of Aryan supermen.During the Second World War Heinrich Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds of concentration camp prisoners, to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. At its heart was supposedly an ancient artefact of great power - long since believed lost.Seventy years later, four guards are killed during the theft of an ancient casket from the St Petersburg museum.Now . . . Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair knew his grandfather had served in the Special Air Service in Germany during World War Two, but not the details of what he did. When he finds his grandfather's lost diary he is in for more than one surprise. Sewn in to the endpaper is a strange piece of Nazi symbolism.This simple discovery will launch him on a breathless chase across Europe and deep into Germany's dark past. There are some who will kill to find that which is lost, and although he doesn't know it, Saintclair holds the key to its hiding place.

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