Bodyguard of Deception (World War Two Series) (Volume 1)

Product Description

Winner Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards

Award-Winning Finalist USA Best Book Awards

Can the
American and British Allies stop a vaunted
German spymaster and his
U-boat-commander brother from warning Hitler’s High Command about the Allies’ greatest military secret? It is a secret that could win the war for Germany–or, at the very least, delay the outcome for years with an inestimable cost in bloodshed, physical destruction, and suffering. And it is a secret that the two contentious brothers must grapple with within their own Wehrmacht ranks, as they bring
U.S. and British intelligence to their knees on America’s doorstep with the clock to D-Day ticking down. From a U-boat on the frigid North Sea to a brutal British interrogation center in heart of London to a remote
German-POW camp and the world-famous Broadmoor Hotel overlooking the high plains and snow-dusted mountain peaks of Colorado,
Bodyguard of Deception will keep you guessing until the final chapter. The first book of #1 Denver Post Bestselling, Award-Winning Historical Fiction Author Samuel Marquis’s
World War II Series.

From the Author

You mentioned that you are especially interested in military history and intelligence, specifically related to the Golden Age of Piracy, Plains Indian Wars, World War II, espionage, and the War on Terror. What is it about those subjects that fascinate you, and does that fascination influence your work?

The short answer is that I’ve always loved history, especially the underdogs and iconoclasts of American history. I grew up watching classic World War Two movies and Westerns with my dad like
The Great Escape,
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,
The Dirty Dozen,
The Wild Bunch,
Where Eagles Dare, and
Patton. These movies had a profound impact on me and the stories I have come to tell. Because of my passionate interest in WWII and the West, as well as the other specific historical subjects listed above, I am always working them into my books. In Bodyguard of Deception, I manage to tie together three of my favorite subjects into one novel: WWII, espionage, and the American West, all in a family story with romance!  In
Blind Thrust, my hero, Joe Higheagle, and his resourceful, curmudgeonly grandfather, John Higheagle, are both Northern Cheyenne Indians because I am a Plains Indian War aficionado. This stems largely from my legendary writer-ancestors who have served as two of my influences: Dr. Thomas B. Marquis, who chronicled the Cheyenne Indians, Custer, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn; and Marquis James, a two-time Pulitzer-prize-winning Western author. As a further example, my protagonist in
The Coalition is FBI agent Ken Patton, a history buff, lead miniature collector and painter, and the great-grandson of legendary, controversial, cigar-chomping World War II tank commander General George S. Patton. I just really love the American West and WWII, so if can find a plausible, exciting way to work them in together, I usually do.

From the Inside Flap

Praise for #1 Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Samuel Marquis

“A promising thriller writer with a fine hero, great research, and a high level of authenticity.”

–Donald Maass, Author of 
Writing 21st Century Fiction 
(for
 The Coalition
)

“Marquis is brilliant and bold…It’s hard not to think, ‘What’s he going to come up with next?'”

–Self-Publishing Review – 4.5-Star Review (for The Slush Pile Brigade)

“With 
Blind Thrust
 and his other works, Samuel Marquis has written true breakout novels that compare favorably with–and even exceed–recent thrillers on the 
New York Times
 Bestseller List.[He is] constantly tightening plot, character, and upping the stakes and tension to make sure that they are genuinely great stories.”

–Pat LoBrutto, Former Editor for Stephen King and Eric Van Lustbader (Bourne Series)

From the Back Cover

As a history aficionado who has always loved stories of the American West and World War Two, I ha