The Suicide Exhibition
The Never War
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Publisher Description
WEWELSBURG CASTLE, 1940.
The German war machine has woken an ancient threat – the alien Vril and their Ubermensch have returned. Ultimate Victory in the war for Europe is now within the Nazis’ grasp.
ENGLAND, 1941
Foreign Office trouble shooter Guy Pentecross has stumbled into a conspiracy beyond his imagining – a secret war being waged in the shadows against a terrible enemy.
The battle for Europe has just become the war for humanity.
This is The Thirty-Nine Steps crossed with Indiana Jones and Quatermass. Justin Richards has an extremely credible grasp of the period’s history and has transformed it into a groundbreaking alternate reality thriller.
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Richards (Time Runners) explores the British home front during WWII through the eyes of Guy Pentecross, a former soldier now working for the Foreign Office. When Guy keeps coming into contact with a Sgt. Green, he begins to question Green's role in investigations. This leads him to Sarah Diamond, who is also wondering what Green is up to. Eventually the two of them discover a top-secret group, Section Z, which is exploring a world of Unknown Detected Traces (similar to UFOs), archaeological digs, and Nazi occultism. Although there are several cool ideas, Richards never really develops the feeling of war-torn London or the eldritch horrors that Section Z faces down. While the novel has all the features of a rollicking pulp adventure, it misses the pacing and atmosphere. The conclusion promises further adventures but lacks the tension of a cliffhanger, leaving the reader to fear that a continuation would simply be tedious.
