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In June 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and clandestine operative “Wild Bill” Donovan establish the Office of Strategic Services, the United States’ first major espionage agency. The OSS mobilizes daring operatives under diplomatic cover, deploying them worldwide to conduct strategic operations. The most pivotal of these missions is led by ace pilot Richard Canidy and his half‑German ally Eric Fulmar, who are tasked with securing a rare ore essential to powering a top‑secret weapon coveted by both sides of the Atlantic – the atomic bomb.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: William E. Butterworth III
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