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.
Key facts about Black Cross
Black Cross is a novel by Greg Iles. Readers have had it since 1995. It runs to 556 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Black Cross. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780340638224 to find the main one.
Black Cross is book 2 of 2 in the World War Two series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with Spandau Phoenix (1993).
Additionally, Greg Iles writes Penn Cage as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Southern Man is the latest published Greg Iles book on file, from 2024.
About Greg Iles
Greg Iles was an American thriller writer from Natchez, Mississippi, whose fiction returned repeatedly to his home region's unresolved history of civil-rights-era violence. He debuted in 1993 with Spandau Phoenix, a World War Two-linked thriller connected to his second novel, Black Cross, before finding his signature material in 1999 with The Quiet Game, introducing prosecutor-turned-mayor Penn Cage. See every Greg Iles book in order.
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