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    An Affair of Spies: A Novel
    An Affair of Spies: A Novel
    An Affair of Spies: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    An Affair of Spies: A Novel

    Written by Ronald H. Balson

    Narrated by Fred Berman

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    • World War Ii

    • Espionage

    • Scientific Research

    • Travel

    • Nuclear Weapons

    • Secret Mission

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Race Against Time

    • Enemy Within

    • Reluctant Hero

    • Enemy Territory

    • Power of Love

    • Unlikely Allies

    • Disguised in Drag

    • Hero's Journey

    • Nuclear Research

    • Identity

    • Defection

    • Family

    • Survival

    About this audiobook

    From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award—Ronald H. Balson's An Affair of Spies tells of a spy mission to rescue a defector from Germany and prevent the Nazis from creating an atomic bomb.

    Nathan Silverman grew up in Berlin in the 1920s, the son of a homemaker and a theoretical physicist. His idyllic childhood was soon marred by increasing levels of bigotry against his family and the rest of the Jewish community, and after his uncle is arrested on Kristallnacht, he leaves Germany for New York City with only his mother’s wedding ring to sell for survival.

    While attending an evening course at Columbia in 1941, Nathan notices a recruitment poster on a university wall and decides to enlist in the military and help fight the Nazi regime. To his surprise, he is quickly selected for a special assignment; he is trained as a spy, and ordered to report to the Manhattan Project. There he learns that the Allies are racing to develop a nuclear weapon before the Nazis, and a German theoretical physicist is hoping to defect. The physicist was a friend of his father's, and Nathan's mission is to return to Berlin via France and smuggle him out of Europe.

    Nathan will be accompanied by Dr. Allison Fisher, a brilliant young scientist who can speak French; he travels to her lab at the University of Chicago for a crash course in nuclear physics, then they embark on their adventure. Nathan and Allison soon develop feelings for one another, but as their relationship deepens they move ever closer to their dangerous goal. Will they be able to escape Europe with the defector and start a new life together, or will they fail their mission and become two more casualties of war?

    An Affair of Spies     is an action-packed tale of heroism and love in the face of unspeakable evil. Author Ronald H. Balson has applied his unmatched talent for evocative and painstakingly authentic storytelling to the high-stakes world of espionage and created his most thrilling novel yet.

    A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateSep 13, 2022
    ISBN9781250870575
    Author

    Ronald H. Balson

    RONALD H. BALSON is an attorney, professor, and writer. His novel The Girl From Berlin won the National Jewish Book Award and was the Illinois Reading Council's adult fiction selection for their Illinois Reads program. He is also the author of The Righteous, An Affair of Spies, Defending Britta Stein, Eli’s Promise, Karolina's Twins, The Trust, Saving Sophie, and the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers. He has appeared on many television and radio programs and has lectured nationally and internationally on his writing. He lives in Chicago.

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title full of suspense and great character chemistry. The historical setting adds to the tension and the overall experience is rewarding. However, some readers found the book to be filled with contradictions and predictable. They also felt that certain actions taken by the characters were unrealistic. Despite these criticisms, the book is still recommended for its interesting subject matter.

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    • 5/5

      Sep 26, 2023

      I love the author's work, and this is no different. Full of suspense, I couldn't put it down.
    • 2/5

      Sep 26, 2023

      The subject is so interesting. Unfortunately, I could only make it to halfway through the book before I had to just stop. Maybe reading the book would be better than listening to it. It was filled with such contradictions. In one paragraph they’re saying one thing and then several paragraphs later they’re asking the question all over again even though they have a answered the question. It is so predictable and the actions they’re taking would never have a really happened. Nate walking around Berlin asking questions would have had him arrested and people turning him in.
    • 4/5

      Sep 26, 2023

      Historical, great character chemistry. Tense behind enemy lines experience. Rewarding.