Publication

1999 - Little, Brown, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

122,500 words, Guess

Page Count

490 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivehartswar0000katz
  • ISBN-100316849510
  • ISBN-100316849529
  • ISBN-139780316849517
  • ISBN-139780316849524
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number42214140
  • Better World Books9780316849524
  • Better World Books9780316849517
  • Open LibraryOL28277569M

Classifications

  • DDC813.54
  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3561.A7778 H37 1999

Description

Second Lieutenant Tommy Hart, a navigator whose B-25 was shot out of the sky in 1942, is burdened with guilt as the only surviving member of his crew. Now he is just another POW at the fiercely guarded Stalag Luft 13 in Bavaria.Then routine comes to a halt with the arrival of a new prisoner: First Lieutenant Lincoln Scott, an African American Tuskegee airman who instantly becomes the target of contempt from his fellow soldiers. When a prisoner is brutally murdered, and all the blood-soaked evidence points to Scott, Hart is tapped to defend the soldier. In a trial rife with racial tension and raw conflict, where the lines between ally and enemy blur, there are those with their own secret motives, and a burning passion for a rush to judgment, no matter what the cost.From the Paperback edition.

First Sentence

He had just awakened from the dream when the tunnel coming out beneath Hut 109 collapsed.

Description

"Second Lieutenant Tommy Hart, a navigator whose B-25 was shot out of the sky in 1942, is burdened with guilt as the only surviving member of his crew. Now he is just another POW at the fiercely guarded Stalag Luft 13 in Bavaria. Then routine comes to a halt with the arrival of a new prisoner: First Lieutenant Lincoln Scott, an African American Tuskegee airman who instantly becomes the target of contempt from his fellow soldiers. When a prisoner is brutally murdered and all the blood-soaked evidence points to Scott, Hart is tapped to defend the soldier. In a trial rife with racial tension and raw conflict, where the lines between ally and enemy blur, there are those with their own secret motives, and a burning passion for a rush to judgment, no matter what the cost." -- Provided by publisher.

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Other Editions

  • Hart's warLittle, Brown1999-01-01
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