The Darkest Hour, Tony Schumacher
The Darkest Hour, Tony Schumacher
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The Darkest Hour

Author: Tony Schumacher

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2014

Synopsis

London, 1946. The Nazis have conquered and now occupy Great Britain. John Henry Rossett, a decorated British war hero and former police sergeant, has been reassigned to the Office of Jewish Affairs. He now answers to the SS, one of the most powerful and terrifying organizations in the Third Reich. Now assigned a job he did not ask for and cannot refuse: rounding up Jews for deportation. But they are not the only victims, for the war took Rossett's wife and son, and shattered his own humanity. Then he finds Jacob, a young Jewish child, hiding in an abandoned building. Determined to save the innocent boy, Rossett takes him on the run, with the Nazis in pursuit. But they are not the only hunters following his trail...

About Tony Schumacher

Tony Schumacher is a native of Liverpool, England. He has written for the Guardian and the Huffngton Post, and he is a regular contributor to BBC Radio and London's LBC Radio. He has been a policeman, standup comedian, bouncer, jeweler, taxi driver, perfume salesman, actor, and garbage collector, among other occupations. He currently lives outside of Liverpool.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clare on October 15, 2015

This book probably deserves a higher rating, but it's so depressing and dark that I find it hard to like the tale - which presumably is the desired effect. Through the eyes of one copper in London, John Henry Rossett, we see what happens when the Germans win WWII. Actually what we see is roundups an......more

Goodreads review by Zeb on July 29, 2014

In an alternate time line England had been conquered by the Germans in a 1944 invasion. The King and Government-in-Exile were in Canada, and Great Britain now under the rule of the British Union of Fascists and Oswald Mosley was Prime Minister. It’s 1946 and the Germans have started to ship Jews out......more

Goodreads review by Jean on August 21, 2014

As a fan of Phillip Kerr and WWII historical fiction in general, I looked forward to reading Schumacher's take on what could have been. I was not disappointed. The Germans have taken over England and Inspector Rossett has been assigned to rounding up Jewish citizens to ship off to "work camps". He is......more

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