World War Two · Book 2
Black Cross
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 556
- ISBN-13
- 9780340638224
- Type
- novel
About this book
Though published second, Black Cross (1995) is chronologically the earlier story and, per Greg Iles's own recommendation, the better starting point: a 556-page account of a 1944 mission to sabotage a Nazi chemical-weapons program, centered on Zionist agent Jonas Stern.
Its place in World War Two
Black Cross is book 2 in the World War Two series. It follows Spandau Phoenix. See the full World War Two reading order.
Greg Iles's first two published novels are linked historical thrillers built around Jonas Stern, a Zionist agent whose actions during and after the Second World War connect both books. Spandau Phoenix (1993), Iles's debut, is set in 1987 and centers on a conspiracy surrounding the death of Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison, with Stern's wartime past resurfacing to drive the present-day plot. Black Cross (1995) goes back to the war itself: a 1944 mission to sabotage a Nazi chemical-weapons program, with Stern as one…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780340638224
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780340649657
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780451185198