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I’ve never written a thriller quite like Blood of the Reich, which will be published by HarperCollins June 28. Readers might want to strap in with seatbelt, airbag, and crash helmet. It moves fast, ranges widely, and has a title with multiple meanings, including the question of what happens when groups of people declare themselves special, or chosen.
The story is based in part on a real-life Nazi expedition to Tibet in 1938, and an actual Nazi search for a fabled power source before and during World War II. Beginning with chilling meetings with Heinrich Himmler, it soon interweaves with the story of Rominy Pickett, a contemporary Seattle woman whose car blows up in a Safeway parking lot. Is she being kidnapped or saved? What is her connection to events halfway around the world 70 years ago? Can she trust the man she is allied with, a Seattle Times investigative reporter? What is her relationship to Benjamin Hood, who in 1938 partners with a woman to pursue the Nazis in Tibet? And what will happen when the fate of the world is in her hands? The novel ranges from the Cascade Mountains to the Kunlun Range in Tibet, and from Nazi Berlin to the CERN supercollider near Geneva.
Ethan Gage fans, not to fear. Ethan will be back in 2012 in his best adventure yet. In the meantime, if you like books that combine adventure, mystery, romance and terror, give Blood of the Reich a try this summer.
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