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Robert Goddard: The Corners of the Globe (USA 2016) From the Publisher: In the second thriller in Robert Goddard's skillfully plotted World War I-era series, The Corners of the Globe, Max is sent on his first mission for legendary German spy Fritz Lemmer -- the man who claims responsibility for the murder of Max's father. But as Max travels to Scotland's Orkney Islands to collect a mysterious gray file from a German navy captain, he must keep his true allegiances in mind. Meanwhile, in Paris, Max's trusty sidekick and friend Sam Twentyman has been promoted to chief mechanic for the British diplomatic fleet of cars. All is going well until Max receives a warning that a nefarious element in the Japanese delegation is stirring up trouble -- and has reason to believe Sam can help him get what he wants. With the Germans about to enter the Paris peace negotiations, the need for reconciliation among nations is greater than ever. But there is one secret so explosive that it threatens to endanger the whole treaty, and Max, playing a double game, is intent on finding out what it is. Robert Goddard: The Corners of the Globe. A James Maxted Thriller. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 9780802125224 (June, 2016), 400 p., $25.00.
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Robert Goddard: The Corners of the Globe (UK 2015) From the Publisher: Spring, 1919. James 'Max' Maxted, former Great War flying ace, returns to the trail of murder and treachery he set out on in The Ways of the World. He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, convinced that the only man who knows about the mysterious events leading up to Sir Henry's death is elusive German spymaster, Fritz Lemmer. To find out more, he enlists in Lemmer's network under false colours and is despatched to the Orkney Isles, where the German High Seas Fleet has been interned in Scapa Flow. His mission: to recover a document secreted aboard one of the German battleships. But the information it contains is so explosive that Max is forced to break cover and embark on a desperate and dangerous race south, pursued by men happy to kill him to recover the document. The breathless chase will take Max from the far north of Scotland to London and on to Paris. where the world's governments are still bartering over the spoils in the aftermath of the Great War. The stäkes could not be higher, It is life and death for all concerned. Robert Goddard: The Corners of the Globe. Volume 2 in The Wide World Trilogy. Corgi, ISBN: 9780552167062 (July, 2015), 498 p., £7.99.
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Robert Goddard: The Corners of the Globe (UK 2014) From the Publisher: He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, convinced that the only man who knows about the mysterious events leading up to Sir Henry's death is elusive German spymaster, Fritz Lemmer. To find out more, he enlists in Lemmer's network under false colours and is despatched to the Orkney Isles, where the German High Seas Fleet has been interned in Scapa Flow. His mission: to recover a document secreted aboard one of the German battleships. But the information it contains is so explosive that Max is forced to break cover and embark on a desperate and dangerous race south, pursued by men happy to kill him to recover the document. The breathless chase will take Max from the far north of Scotland to London and on to Paris. where the world's governments are still bartering over the spoils in the aftermath of the Great War. The stäkes could not be higher, It is life and death for all concerned. Robert Goddard: The Corners of the Globe. Bantam Books, ISBN: 9780593069752 (September, 2014), 392 p., £18.99.
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