Dragonfly : a novel /
Meacham, Leila, 1938-
Dragonfly : a novel / Leila Meacham. - First edition. - xi, 563 pages ; 24 cm
At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds--a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman, an orphaned fashion designer, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer -- all answer the call of duty, but each for a secret reason of his or her own. They bond immediately, in a group code-named Dragonfly. Thus begins a dramatic cat-and-mouse game, as the group seeks to stay under the radar until a fatal misstep leads to the capture and the firing-squad execution of one of their team. But ... is everything as it seems, or is this one more elaborate act of spycraft?
9781538732229 153873222X
2019001971
United States. Office of Strategic Services --Fiction.
Intelligence service--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Spy fiction.
Dragonfly : a novel / Leila Meacham. - First edition. - xi, 563 pages ; 24 cm
At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds--a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman, an orphaned fashion designer, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer -- all answer the call of duty, but each for a secret reason of his or her own. They bond immediately, in a group code-named Dragonfly. Thus begins a dramatic cat-and-mouse game, as the group seeks to stay under the radar until a fatal misstep leads to the capture and the firing-squad execution of one of their team. But ... is everything as it seems, or is this one more elaborate act of spycraft?
9781538732229 153873222X
2019001971
United States. Office of Strategic Services --Fiction.
Intelligence service--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Spy fiction.