{"product_id":"dark-voyage-9780812967968","title":"Dark Voyage","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In the first nineteen months of European war, from September 1939 to March of 1941, the island nation of Britain and her allies lost, to U-boat, air, and sea attack, to mines and maritime disaster, one thousand five hundred and ninety-six merchant vessels. It was the job of the Intelligence Division of the Royal Navy to stop it, and so, on the last day of April 1941 . . .\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay 1941. At four in the morning, a rust-streaked tramp freighter steams up the Tagus River to dock at the port of Lisbon. She is the \u003ci\u003eSanta Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e, she flies the flag of neutral Spain and is in Lisbon to load cork oak, tinned sardines, and drums of cooking oil bound for the Baltic port of Malm . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut she is not the \u003ci\u003eSanta Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the \u003ci\u003eNoordendam\u003c\/i\u003e, a Dutch freighter. Under the command of Captain Eric DeHaan, she sails for the Intelligence Division of the British Royal Navy, and she will load detection equipment for a clandestine operation on the Swedish coast-a secret mission, a dark voyage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA desperate voyage\u003c\/i\u003e. One more battle in the spy wars that rage through the back alleys of the ports, from elegant hotels to abandoned piers, in lonely desert outposts, and in the souks and caf s of North Africa. A battle for survival, as the merchant ships die at sea and Britain-the last opposition to Nazi German-slowly begins to starve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA voyage of flight\u003c\/i\u003e, a voyage of fugitives-for every soul aboard the \u003ci\u003eNoordendam\u003c\/i\u003e. The Polish engineer, the Greek stowaway, the Jewish medical officer, the British spy, the Spaniards who fought Franco, the Germans who fought Hitler, the Dutch crew itself. There is no place for them in occupied France; they cannot go home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Alan Furst-whom \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls America's preeminent spy novelist-here is an epic tale of war and espionage, of spies and fugitives, of love in secret hotel rooms, of courage in the face of impossible odds. \u003ci\u003eDark Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e is taut with suspense and pounding with battle scenes; it is authentic, powerful, and brilliant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812967968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/10\/2005 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alan Furst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644420452508,"sku":"9780812967968","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3231b1aa-6b5f-48c0-97dd-c865cd16a826.jpg?v=1603858596","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dark-voyage-9780812967968","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}