The Last of the Seven, Steven Hartov
The Last of the Seven, Steven Hartov
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The Last of the Seven
A Novel of World War II

Author: Steven Hartov

Narrator: Raphael Corkhill

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2022


Synopsis

A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop—a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler’s military.

A lone soldier wearing a German uniform stumbles into a British military camp in the North African desert with an incredible story to tell. He is the only survivor of an undercover operation meant to infiltrate a Nazi base, trading on the soldiers’ perfect fluency in German. However, this man is not British-born but instead a German Jew seeking revenge for the deaths of his family back home in Berlin.

As the Allies advance into Europe, the young lieutenant is brought to recover in Sicily. There he is recruited by a British major to join the newly formed X Troop, a commando unit composed of German and Austrian Jews training for a top secret mission at a nearby camp in the Sicilian hills. They are all “lost boys,” driven not by patriotism but by vengeance.

Drawing on meticulous research into this unique group of soldiers, The Last of the Seven is a lyrical, propulsive historical novel perfect for readers of Mark Sullivan, Robert Harris and Alan Furst.

About Steven Hartov

STEVEN HARTOV is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller In the Company of Heroes, as well as The Night Stalkers and Afghanistan on the Bounce. For six years he served as Editor-in-Chief of Special Operations Report. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, and most recently the History Channel’s Secret Armies. A former Merchant Marine sailor, Israeli Defense Forces paratrooper and special operator, he is currently a Task Force Commander in the New York Guard. He lives in New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M on July 01, 2022

This novel is descriptive and very gruesome in places. It is, after all a war story, but then it is so beautiful in other places, as it is also a beautifully sad love story that is deeply moving. The story is heartbreaking telling another facet of WWII that I was not aware of, but triumphant at othe......more

Goodreads review by "Avonna on August 10, 2022

Check out all my reviews at: [URL not allowed] THE LAST OF THE SEVEN by Steven Hartov is an emotionally intense WWII historical fiction story featuring the fictional portrayal of a member of the historical “X Troop” who were a group of European Jews trained for covert operations by th......more