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Name: V2
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Author: Robert Harris

📘 V2 by Robert Harris

Set against the backdrop of the German V‑2 rocket program, the novel offers a dual perspective: Dr. Rudi Graf, a key design engineer, grapples with the scientific and ethical pressures of creating a weapon of unprecedented destructive power; Kay Caton‑Walsh, a United Kingdom Women’s Auxiliary Air Force intelligence officer, races against time to unravel the secrets behind the missile’s development. By weaving personal ambition with the broader wartime stakes, the narrative illuminates the complex human dimensions of wartime innovation and espionage.

First publish date: 2020

Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller

Authors: Robert Harris

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