A rescue mission to find and bring out the one man who can shorten the time needed to complete the m 4. A rescue mission to find and bring out the one man who can shorten the time needed to complete the making of the first atomic bomb.
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Seventy two hours, a race against time and I can't tell you the amount of time I spent holding my breath. Suspenseful, tightly plotted, possibly the author's best book to date. Respected the quest to stay as historically accurate as to the cruelty in the camps, those in charge and other circumstances that make reading books set during this time period so difficult.
Loved the humanity of the invented characters, the reasons they acted as they did and the realism of the plot line. One can imagining things happening as they did. The ending slayed me, needed tissues. The author's note explains the reason he wrote this book, what he changed and what he moved around for stories sake. An outstanding historical thriller, one of the best I have read in quite a while. View all 36 comments. I can't believe this is my second 5-star book so far this year.
But this book deserves 5 stars. I read some reviews on this last year and added it to my massive to-read pile. I tend to gravitate to books about WWII. But it sat there During the war, there was a race to develop an atomic bomb. The US wants to rush and be the first, to win the war and to stop Wow! The US wants to rush and be the first, to win the war and to stop the genocide taking place. The Germans are also working to develop a bomb and have a well known scientist helping them.
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But let me step back. There is a scientist, Alfred Mendl, who is one of a very few men in the world who have the knowledge needed to advance the development of the bomb another is the one helping the Germans. But while fleeing the Germans, Mendl is taken along with his family, to Auschwitz.
The Germans do not listen to this man, the 'Professor', and burn all of his papers and notes, having no idea what they just destroyed. In steps Nathan Bloom, an intelligence officer, a Polish man who escaped Krakow and made his way to the US, and who is tasked with sneaking into Auschwitz and getting Mendl out. Sneaking into this death camp and getting out that one man that is desperately wanted.
This was a great historical thriller that kept me thinking up until the end. At times I thought I had it all figured it out and then no. I could say more about this story, the other characters, but I do not want to give anything away. It is a difficult read, to hear in detail about some of the things that took place at the hands of the Germans and in the death camps. Much of the story is based on truth but there are a few things the author added in to enhance this story. At the end of the print version, there is an authors note that describes this.
The story was amazing and the audio narration was equally amazing. Ballerini is my favorite narrator and he adds so much to this story - tension, suspense, relief, and his accents are spot on. Though, I could have him read anything to me and I would be mesmerized. The audio version does not include the authors note. I happened to see something about that so also grabbed the print version for this content only a few pages.
A book for thriller fans, those who like to read about WWII, those who like historical fiction, or those who just want to read a great book! View all 44 comments. Emotional - riveting and suspenseful. Reading this novel felt like watching a big epic movie. A WWII thriller on steroids! I need a review break and a nap!
View all 14 comments. The anguish I felt, my heart was pumping tenfold. I haven't read anything like this in a very long time, my adrenaline was soaring through the roof!! This book completely engrossed me. View all 18 comments. This is one that had me reading into the early hours of the morning and I hated parting with these extremely well formed and mostly likable characters.
Set in Alfred Mendle is held in Auschwitz prison camp. While scientists all over the world are working on different formulas and equations, there are only 4. While scientists all over the world are working on different formulas and equations, there are only two men with the necessary knowledge to complete one of the most crucial steps in developing the bomb and one of them is working for the Germans and the other is Alfred Mendle.
The story follows Nathan Bloom who is requested by the American Government to rescue Alfred from the camps. Nathan has already escaped from the Germans and Poland and left his family to the mercy of the Germans but feels this is a mission he needs to take in order to revenge the Germans. The One Man is predominately a thriller.
I listened to this one on audible and the narrator and the pacing was excellent. This is certainly one for my recommended and favourites shelf. View all 27 comments.
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He is instantly separated from his family. He has knowledge that others will want, but they burn everything he has. Thousands of miles away Nathan Blum routinely decodes messages from occupied Poland. He already escaped the Krakow ghetto as a teenager after the Nazis executed his family. This book has compelling characters Book description: This book has compelling characters and I can't think of enough adjectives to describe it. Haunting, heroic, unputdownable, intense, beautiful, and heartbreaking in some areas.
It's hard for me to believe that there are people that think the holocaust never happened. I read this book at night until my eyes couldn't stay open. There is a beautiful dedication at the end by the author that tells about it being truths mixed with fiction to better tell the story.
This is not my last read by this author. Very well written and highly recommended View all 25 comments. Although this book is shelved the most as historical fiction it is quite definitely a thriller as well! I sat on the edge of my seat the whole way through and sometimes had to put the book down a while just to release some of the stress! The book is mostly set in Auschwitz during WW2 and there is plenty of historically accurate detail about the way people lived and died in the death camps.
The fictional story is set into this background and comes across as almost believable, especially as the au Although this book is shelved the most as historical fiction it is quite definitely a thriller as well! The fictional story is set into this background and comes across as almost believable, especially as the author was quite prepared to kill off any of his characters, important ones, lesser ones, goodies, baddies, it made no difference! If you enjoy a good thriller, if you like being in constant suspense, if you want to read a very good book then try this one.
I am sure you will not be disappointed. View all 8 comments. I hardly have enough strength left to write a review, after finishing this book late last night. Not only did I give up three hours of sleep to finish it, because I could not possibly rest, without knowing how it ended, but the storyline was emotionally and physically draining. I've always been drawn to books about the Holocaust. It started while reading "The Diary of Anne Frank," as a young girl. All the ones I've read were based on individual I hardly have enough strength left to write a review, after finishing this book late last night.
All the ones I've read were based on individual stories that were similarly concentrated on the atrocities that occurred. The last thing I expected was a historical "thriller. After reading the surprising epilogue, this book gets a solid, five-star rating from me! This was my first Andrew Gross novel. It won't be my last. A special "thank you" to Lindsay for encouraging me to read this exceptional book.
View all 34 comments. I recommend this book highly for all lovers of historical fiction thrillers! The One Man by Andrew Gross is one of my favorite books so far this year! I love stories set in the WWII era of history and then the author added twists and turns that have you constantly on the edge of your seat.
I will warn you though, the last scene set in the past had me crying buckets. This book has many threads of plot. You are shown the race to be the first to construct an atomi I recommend this book highly for all lovers of historical fiction thrillers! You are shown the race to be the first to construct an atomic bomb, the ghettoes and transport of Jews to concentration camps, the horrors of Auschwitz and a daring mission by one man to break in to Auschwitz to rescue a scientist with the knowledge to help win the race to build the bomb for the United States.
The plot keeps you reading and completely engrossed in the story.
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The characters, good and bad, are all well written and believable. This book will immerse you in the past and set you on a fast paced thrill ride. Thank you very much to St. View all 9 comments.
During World War Two, a young Polish soldier escapes the work camps and enlists as an American soldier. Knowing it is likely a suicide mission, Nathan Blum sneaks into the place he was so desperate to escape from, in search of a man he has never met in hopes of saving the world. Gross is the bestselling author of nine novels none of which I have read, to my surprise and dismay! Nathan is a young soldier looking to make a difference and seek revenge against the enemy that killed his parents in cold blood.
The scientist, Albert, is old and infirm and believes he will die in the camps, and that his scientific formulas will die with him. This novel has a lot of superficial characters in it various soldiers in both the German and the American camps, with a lot of unidentifiable names however if you are able to simply accept their presence and not try to commit them all to memory, they will merely play the passing role they are expected to. Moving, powerful, addicting and thought-provoking, its story will leave a mark. I implore the author to write more novels like this, and I guarantee I will be eager to devour them when he does.
View all 23 comments. I really enjoyed The One Man! What a great idea for a thriller! For me it was an exciting, unique and an interesting historical thriller. The One Man is a tale of one man, Nathan Blum, who is sent on a heroic and courageous mission to rescue one man, electromagnetic physics professor Alfred Mendl from a concentration camp.
Blum was only given 72 hours to find and rescue Mendl. The tension built for me as we learned about the evil and danger in the camp through the perspective of Alfred and the brilliant young man Leo who he befriended and trusted. The danger increases as the tale takes twists and turns and that had my heart pounding and I was racing to the finish to find out how it ends. The One Man was a suspenseful, emotionally and a thrilling read for me. I highly recommend it. I enjoy going in 'blind' to novels, mainly, so that I don't have any preconceived notions to influence my expectations I only knew it had high stars from others.
Boy, oh, boy, was it good.
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Easily in my top 5 books of the year. Fast paced with endearing characters, I highly recommend View all 10 comments. This book is part historical fiction and part thriller, and it completely blew me away. America is in a race with Germany to develop the atomic bomb.
If the Third Reich beats them to it, the consequences could be dire. But the Allied effort is lagging behind in their so-called Manhattan Project. What they really need is the expertise of a Polish physicist, Alfred Mendl. He's rumored to be one of only two people alive with the necessary knowledge to help build the bomb-- the other is working with This book is part historical fiction and part thriller, and it completely blew me away. He's rumored to be one of only two people alive with the necessary knowledge to help build the bomb-- the other is working with the Nazis.
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And a couple months ago he was deported to Auschwitz. US intelligence hasn't had word from him since. The US government devices a radical and risky plan. They're going to break Alfred Mendl out of Auschwitz, by sending another man in. Nathan Blum escaped occupied Poland once before. And without that physical record, Alfred is one of only two people in the world with his particular knowledge.
Knowledge that could start a war, or end it. Nathan Blum works behind a desk at an intelligence office in Washington, DC, but he longs to contribute to the war effort in a more meaningful way, and he has a particular skill set the U. Nathan is fluent in German and Polish, he is Semitic looking, and he proved his scrappiness at a young age when he escaped from the Polish ghetto.
Now, the government wants him to take on the most dangerous assignment of his life: Nathan must sneak into Auschwitz, on a mission to find and escape with one man. This historical thriller from New York Times bestseller Andrew Gross is a deeply affecting, unputdownable series of twists and turns through a landscape at times horrifyingly familiar but still completely compelling. A winner on all fronts.
This is Gross' best work yet, with his heart and soul imprinted on every page. You must read it! George, an English professor, is unable to cope with the despondent, bereaved nature of his existence after the sudden death of his partner, Jim. Throughout the day, he has various encounters with different people that colour his senses and illuminate the possibilities of being alive and human in the world. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A Single Man First edition. Archived from the original on February 6, Retrieved February 6, A Fable , with Aldous Huxley.