A Game for Heroes

by Jack Higgins, 300 pages

I've been kind of stuck in a time warp recently: during World War II. It started with The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, then it was on to Connie Willis's stunning time travel/historical fiction duo, Blackout and All Clear. I found the audio for this and since it was set in the Channel Islands during WWII, I gave it a go.

A quick read, it follows the adventures of reluctant British agent Owen Morgan at the end of WWII. A battled scarred veteran of the war in France, Owen is sent on a secret mission to St. Pierre, his former home, now in the hands of the Germans. Due to ancient grudges and treachery, Owen and his team of U.S. soldiers on the mission are captured by the Nazis. Old loyalties and new bonds are sorely tested by the S.S. villains, the foul weather and the tumultuous sea itself.

All in all, a fast and gripping read.