The Cairo Code: A Thriller

By Glenn Meade

Book Overview

The international bestseller takes you on a fast-paced, nail-biting thrill ride from the Great Pyramids in Cairo, to behind the Nazi lines in Berlin, to the very seat of democracy as our hero tries to unravel a plot that could kill FDR and Winston Churchill.

To save the Western Allies, he must kill the woman he loves...

November 1943: Adolf Hitler sanctioned his most audacious mission ever--to kill US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill while they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion which threatens imminent defeat for Germany.

Only one man is capable of leading the defiant Nazi mission--Major Johann Halder, one of the Abwehr's most brilliant and daring agents. He is a man with a tortured soul and a talent for the impossible. Accompanied by an expert undercover team and Rachael Stern, the young and beautiful Egyptologist, Halder must race against time across a hostile desert to reach Cairo and successfully complete the assignment, or else forfeit his life and the life of his son.

When US military intelligence hears about the plan, they assign Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Weaver, one of their best officers, to hunt down and eliminate Halder and his team. But for Weaver, as well as for Halder and Stern, there's more than the balance of war and the lives of the Allied leaders at stake--a pact of love and friendship will be tested in the frantic, high-stakes chase to the death.

Based on a real attempt to kill the President, The Cairo Code is a breathless, suspenseful thriller--a heart-wrenching tale of friendship, love, and treachery set against the exotic and intriguing backdrop of wartime Egypt.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145168827X
• ISBN13: 9781451688276
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Howard Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

One of the best historical thrillers I've read-terrific!

This is the first Glenn Meade book I've read and it definitely won't be the last. As an English and History grad, the period particularly interests me, and Meade did not disappoint, not by a long shot. Wonderful setting, dramatic, dynamic characters, a terrific twist at the end, and a story based on fact. Having read some of the reviews that cribbed about the implausabile plot, I can only direct them to read the real story Meade loosely based his tale upon--I came across it some years ago in a book about the history of the NKVD (The Soviet Union's Secret Police, pre KGB)--yes, Sands of Sakkara really is based on a true story) And the actual true story of how the Nazis attempted to kill Rossevelt and Churchill--called Operation Longjump--is wildly unbeliveable--so much that I doubt any reader would believe it for a minute. Yet it happened. I think Meade, in his wisdom, has actually made the story more credible, and told it wonderfully--with drama and emotion. He's also a terrific writer. I look forward to reading his other novels.

A Perfect Blend

As a lover of military / terrorism / suspense novels, I give this book a 5 star rating. The author's use of a topic I myself had not even heard about, the attempted assasination of the President and Prime Minister durring the end of the Second World War was incredibly interesting. The novel was filled with ancient archeology, war time facts, incredible suspense where I could not force myself to put the book down, and action sequences that sent my imagination racing. The best part about the book was the heavy implication of romance throughout, something I would not think I would enjoy in a book about the subject, but I was proven wrong and the book was phenominal, even the ending was extremely unsuspected and intriguing. The Sands of Sakkara gets two thumbs up.

It is excellent

Glenn Meade has done again an excellent job. Fiction and reality are webbed together in a real fantastic book. As a native German I must say there is only a small point. The German words he used were not corrected by his lecturer. It is called Leibstandarte not Liebstandarte, Fräulein or Fraeulein - not Fraulein.But that book at itself, 100% excellent stuff - right from the beginning to the very last words. If you like Snow Wulf, it is perfect. And if you additional like stories and fiction of WW2 it is a must.By the way, I think if got the UK-edition, the Hardcover was different (without Swastika)

A thriller, Glenn Meade style!

I have read all 3 books by Glenn Meade and I have not been disappointed. He makes me think of Frederick Frsyth, or Daniel Sylva, or even Joseph Heywood. But Glean Meade has a style of his own: intense, direct and enjoyable. Few are the books that makes you feel you knew the characters, or at least people like them (Jack Halder, Harry Weaver & Rachel). Glenn Meade takes you to WWII from Egypt to Germany in company of charismatic characters and non stop suspense. Don't miss this journey!

Wonderful WWII thriller: the pages virtually fly past

This is the first Glenn Meade novel I have read. It is nonstop entertainment. What impressed me about Meade is his great sense of pacing. We already know Churchill and FDR were not assassinated, yet this book manages to keep us in suspense throughout. The characters were surprisingly well sketched for a thriller. I truly loved it and am seeking out his earlier books.