Tides of Mercy

<p>A historical novel that's as real as it gets...Saving Jewish kids from the horror of Buchenwald becomes the untold story of the liberation of Paris.</p><p>Lt. Charles Horn USN Retired</p><p>Tides of Mercy is a razor-edged World War II thriller that hurls readers from the mine-laced waters off Cherbourg to the embattled heart of Paris and deep into the shadows of Soviet espionage. Commander Jonas Pratt USNR faces impossible orders: Overcome Nazi torpedo boats and NKVD assassins to rescue a trainload of doomed children from a Vichy transit camp outside occupied Paris. Haunted by the ghosts of his run to Murmansk and tangled in a deadly game of double agents Pratt's quick wits and sharper instincts are pushed to the breaking point as he assembles a ragtag strike force of U.S. misfits French communists battered Resistance fighters-and one dangerously savvy German POW.</p><p>Scheming Nazis desperate chases last-ditch firefights and a midnight mutiny at sea soon threaten everything Pratt believes in-loyalty mercy and the slimmest hope of getting home alive. In the fog of war not every enemy wears a uniform and the only thing standing between triumph and oblivion might be the friendships forged in hell itself. For fans of taut historical action high-stakes espionage and stories where the difference between savior and survivor comes down to the pull of a trigger-Tides of Mercy will leave you breathless. </p><p></p>