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Spandau Phoenix

by Greg Iles
Published
1 January 1993
Pages
695
ISBN-13
9780340638217
Type
novel
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About this book

Spandau Phoenix, Iles's 1993 debut, runs 695 pages and is set in 1987 around a conspiracy surrounding Rudolf Hess's death in Spandau Prison, with Jonas Stern's wartime past -- laid out fully in Black Cross -- resurfacing to drive the present-day plot.

Key facts about Spandau Phoenix

Greg Iles wrote Spandau Phoenix, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1993. The book has 695 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780340638217 to find the main one.

Spandau Phoenix is book 1 of 2 in the World War Two series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

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

Spandau Phoenix is book 1 in the World War Two series. It is followed by Black Cross. 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…

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