The Second Midnight Audiobook
The Second Midnight Audiobook
- Leighton Pugh
- HarperCollins Publishers UK
- 2019-11-14
- 13 h 11 min
Summary:
From the No. 1 Weekend Times bestselling writer comes a global War Two tale of 1 boy’s battle for survival in Nazi Europe
A secret mission…
1939. As European countries teeters in the brink of war, Alfred Kendall is certainly tasked with following a small mission for the British Intelligence Service. Going to Prague, he takes his troubled young boy, Hugh, as cover.
A terrible choice…
When Hitler invades Czechoslovakia, Alfred is provided an ultimatum from the Czech Resistance. They will arrange for him to come back to Britain, but only if he leaves his kid Hugh behind as collateral.
A boy stranded in Nazi terrain…
Hugh is quickly taken beneath the wing of the Nazi colonel – Helmuth Scholl. But even though Scholl goodies Hugh well, his son, Heinz, is suspicious of this foreigner. So that as the battle across the continent intensifies, these are set on the path that will ultimately lead towards destruction…