A Thousand Suns

by Alex Scarrow

Book Overview

It's early April of 1945 and the dog-days of World War II. The Nazi regime is being slowly throttled by the oncoming Russian and Allied armies and Hitler rages uselessly in his Berlin bunker. But the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752872559
• ISBN13: 9780752872551
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Orion Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thrilling, exciting... A Must-Read...

I am personally amazed by Alex Scarrow's first novel, A Thousand Suns, which upon completion I felt that it was from a veteran author. The story is about a discovery off the coast of New York. The reader is guided back and forth between the Nazi Germany and today's United States and the emotions, ideas, opinions very well woven into the book's pages. The faces, places and scenes in the book are well known to everyone, from Adolf Hitler to the burning streets of Berlin, from Luftwaffe to President's Office. These elements in the book sink the reader to the story more and helps him visualize everything without much effort (such as seeing the tired face of Hitler or the bombed and devastated streets of Stuttgart). Plus, the plot of the story, the completed but an untested Atom bomb is not an impossible point, but rather a point where Nazis have neared, if not completed. It is, in my opinion, a definite must-read. Not for the World War 2 fans but also for the action/war readers as well. If you are the WW2-type of person like me, don't be surprised if you finish the book in one day, totally immersed in it; this is highly probable. A thousand congratulations to Alex Scarrow. This is an incredible debut.

Really exciting!

I really really enjoyed this book. However, I must complain a little. The description led me to believe that the book was about a modern day hero, uncovering a secret and being in a life and death situation. Well, I guess that happened, but the majority of the book is about what had happened during World War Two. It was a great story, great premise, exciting to the end, but I think I was expecting something different. Still all in all, a good read, I look forward to more by this author.

A gripping thriller!

This is a cracking good read! What begins as a simple assignment for a magazine photographer soon becomes far more. Chris is asked to photograph an American bomber found underwater close inshore, but when he dives to it he finds evidence that it was flown by Germans. Who, and why? The story then goes back in time to the last days of the Third Reich, with defeated Germans trekking despondently away from the advancing Russians. One special bomber crew is sought among the refugees, found, and assigned for a very special mission. They are to fly a captured B-17 across the Atlantic to New York for a "demonstration". Exactly what they are to demonstrate becomes clear later, among some thrilling combat scenes both in the air and on the ground. Clashes of conscience show the best sides of some Germans as well as the total lack of conscience among others, who believe in revenge at all costs - foiled by a final act of self-sacrifice. Interspersed returns to the present show Chris hunted by mysterious figures who clearly do not wish him well and are desperate to conceal the truth about the bomber's cargo. Could all this really have happened? Yes, it could. German research very nearly reached the point shown here, and the Germans did capture flyable bombers and use them. Don't miss this book!

A Thousand Suns

This book is an absolutely brilliant read. A really fantastic story brilliantly interwoven with truely exciting history. I could not put the book down, I read it cover to cover in one day which is a first for me. Definitly on the must read list for all, great present.