The One Man

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1944 Physics professor Alfred Mendl is separated from his family and sent to the men s camp, where all of his belongings are tossed on a roaring fire His books, his papers, his life s work The Nazis have no idea what they have just destroyed 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 meaningful way, and he has a particular skill set the U.S suddenly needs 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. New Download [ The One Man ] Author [ Andrew Gross ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr All the stars Every single one This was absolutely wonderful The One Man is a novel that I will never forget This book is part historical fiction and part thriller The story grabbed me from the very beginning and never let go This is very suspenseful and fast paced At times I was holding my breath It is a race against time The novel takes place during WWII It s about a rescue mission to find and rescue one of the only scientist with the knowledge of making the atomic bomb, Professor All the stars Every single one This was absolutely wonderful The One Man is a novel that I will never forget This book is part historical fiction and part thriller The story grabbed me from the very beginning and never let go This is very suspenseful and fast paced At times I was holding my breath It is a race against time The novel takes place during WWII It s about a rescue mission to find and rescue one of the only...Wow This book definitely deserves 5 stars from me This was an absolutely amazing Historical Thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish THE ONE MAN by ANDREW GROSS was an absolutely riveting, exciting, haunting, and suspenseful read with a solid plot that grabbed my attention from the very first chapter and had me on the edge of my seat in anticipation of that oh so exciting climax I was extremely excited after reading this book that I had to share my excitement with my Wow This book definitely deserves 5 stars from me This was an absolutely amazing Historical Thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish THE ONE MAN by ANDREW GROSS was an absolutely riveting, exciting, haunting, and suspenseful read with a solid plot that grabbed my attention from the very first chapter and had me on the edge of my seat in anticipation of that oh so exciting climax I was extremely excited after reading this book that I had to share my excitement with my hubby This book was that good as I normally don t share my thoughts with him unless the book has that WOW factor and boy did this ever This novel was extremely hard to put down.I absolutely love THE COVER of this book and that is one of the reasons that I chose this book to read A man alone behind a barbed wire fence with that b...4.5 What a fantastic thriller, though it takes place in one of the most terrible and in the most horrific circumstances, ever created by man Decided to give psychological thrillers a rest and return to police procedural and historical thrillers, and am so glad I did I love this author, once met him at a book fair, and after reading Britany s review, thanks, friend , knew I had to grab this one.A rescue mission to find and bring out the one man who can shorten the time needed to complete the m 4.5 What a fantastic thriller, though it takes place in one of the most terrible and in the most horrific circumstances, ever created by man Decided to give psychological thrillers a rest and return to police procedural and historical thrillers, and am so glad I did I love this author, once met him at a book fair, and after reading Britany s review, thanks, friend , knew I had to grab this one.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 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 rea...Wow What a ride 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..until I saw that the audio version was narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and it was moved to the top of my list immediately.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 What a ride 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..until I saw that the audio version was narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and it was moved to the top of my list immediately.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 the genocide taking place The Germans are also working to develop a bomb and have a well known scientist helping th...I m spent.completely drained.Emotional riveting and suspenseful.Reading this novel felt like watching a big epic movie A WWII thriller on steroids FANTASTIC historical thriller chiller There are several stellar reviewsI need a review break and a nap4.5 Stars A fast, compelling, and compulsively readable historical thriller 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 1944 Alfred Mendle is held in Auschwitz prison camp., Alfred is a brilliant professor who s knowledge is required to in the race to make the first atomic bomb While scientists all over the world are working on different formulas and equations, there are only 4.5 Stars A fast, compelling, and compulsively readable historical thriller 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 1944 Alfred Mendle is held in Auschwitz prison camp., Alfred is a brilliant professor who s knowledge is required to in the race to make the first atomic bomb 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 GermansThe One Man is p...PHENOMENAL 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 RIVETING from beginning to the very endBook description Poland 1944Alfred Mendl and his family are brought on a crowded train to a Nazi concentration camp after being caught trying to flee Paris with forged papers.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 Poland 1944Alfred Mendl and his family are brought on a crowde...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 a...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 This book was 400 pages of racing against all odds.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 Not only did I give up three hours of sleep to finish it, because I could not possibly rest, without knowing how...

The One Man
  • English
  • 21 August 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 431 pages
  • Andrew Gross
  • The One Man