On May 1, 1993, Greg Iles’ first novel was published. It was called Spandau Phoenix and was based on the events of World War Two.
Two years later, Iles released a second story – Black Cross – that was set in 1944 and was based during the Second World War. Although that novel was released after Spandau Phoenix, it’s actually the first book in the series.
The Spandau Diary – what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it? Why was a brave and beautiful woman kidnapped and sexually tormented to get it? Why did the entire history of World War II have to be rewritten as the future hung over a nightmare abyss?
It is 1944. The world awaits the Allied invasion of Europe. Churchill has learned that Nazi scientists have developed Sarin–a new weapon that could turn the tide for Hitler. Two men–a pacifist American doctor and a fanatical Jewish assassin–must embark on a murderous mission into Germany. Their target–a human hell where Jews fuel Hitler’s last(…)