13 November 2021

 Book Log 2021 #58: V2 by Robert Harris

A German engineer, assigned to a V2 rocket station in the occupied Netherlands, comes under suspicion as a potential defector. He's more interested in space than in conquest, and lets his lack of ardor for the cause show through a bit too much.

Across the English Channel, an intelligence officer is ready to ship out to newly liberated Belgium, where she and her colleagues will try to find the launch sites using a combination of radar, math, and luck.

I liked the book, but I found it less interesting than The Second Sleep or Conclave, which take more interesting detours in narrative and plot. It's still good, straightforward historical fiction.

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