ISBN: 1515002888 9781515002888

Category: Fiction / Action & Adventure

Page count: 204

It is 1939 -- the German Wehrmacht masses on the borders of Poland, ready to invade. A German Envoy visits the Atlantic Archipelago in an effort to bring it into the war on the side of Nazi Germany. He plans to use three methods : infiltration, intimidation, and assassination. Two families speculate on the whereabouts of the missing Laggenhorst Emerald - a mystery that spans five centureis, and includes an unsolved murder. Both famiies have something crucial at stake in the emerald's recovery. Meanwhile Crispin, now sixteen, and Will Freehling have become rowing demons -- the pair to beat in any regatta. Under the gathering war clouds those two, together with Marian and John Runnel attempt to solve all the mysteries and foil the Envoy's methods before he can achieve his ends. A book about winning and losing. -- Provided by publisher.