{"product_id":"9781780277370-the-night-before-morning","title":"The Night Before Morning","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Night Before Morning\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping, page-turning thriller based on an alternative version of events at the end of the Second World War in the vein of Robert Harris and John Buchan. Alistair Moffat has created a chilling post-1945 world where Britain has been occupied by the Nazi forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 1945. Hitler has triumphed, Britain is under German occupation and America cowers under the threat of nuclear attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the dead of night, a figure flits through the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, searching for a hidden document he knows could change the course of history. The journal he discovers, by a young soldier, David Erskine, records an extraordinary story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Allies drive the Germans out of France and victory seems imminent, Erskine is in Antwerp, where he witnesses a world-changing reversal of fortune. From a high vantage point, he watches a huge mushroom cloud rise over London: an atomic bomb has been detonated by the Germans in a last desperate roll of the dice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptor becomes captive and Erskine is held as a POW in his own land. As the brutal grip of the occupying forces tightens, he is determined to join the resistance. A daring escape leads him and his fiancée Katie on a breathless chase to the university town of St Andrews, where the Germans have established a secret research laboratory. When it becomes clear what its purpose is, David, Katie and their small, trusted band must adopt a desperate and audacious plan to thwart Nazi domination .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451546939766,"sku":"9781780277370","price":9.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33912706.jpg?v=1760462943","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781780277370-the-night-before-morning","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}