Seed of Satan by Simon Laffy – 5 Stars
Publisher: ACM Retro Ltd.
ISBN: 9781908431349
Like in his fabulous third book Fire of the Sun centered around the
conspiracies of nuclear research by the Nazis during WW II, the author this
time stretches history a bit and contrives a story about the Nazi’s research of
biological weapons and germ warfare during WW I which leads to a world-wide,
deadly, uncontrollable influenza epidemic. The plot may not be real, but his
story introduces a conspiracy about how the Nazis created and accidentally
released a deadly virus. He selects Karl Ziegler, a real character and a Nobel
Prize winner, as his villain and adds the military and spy adversaries during
WW I as the players. The specifics and details that portray the war, from
aviation developments and encounters, to the war in the trenches in Europe , the German raids on the Allies, and then the
victories of the Allies over the Nazis will remain ingrained in my memory.
The Karl Ziegler in this book
converses and is led by dead well-known scientists to develop THE biological
virus that outdoes anything ever developed by man. It is the excitement of
hunting him down, through striking, and now memorable, WWI images centered on
two identical twins born to a German father and British mother. One develops
into a stern and devious Prussian Nazi officer, while the other was influenced
greatly by his English grandparents and fights for the British. Both became
pilots allowing for the replacement of one for the other in a thrilling story
of espionage.
The conclusion of the story will
remain not be revealed in this review. Just enjoy the venture through WW I, the
threat of biological weapons, the introduction on viruses and their
transmission, the need for antidotes, and the men and women who risk their
lives and the lives of others.
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