TYPORAMA
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ABOUT THE SERPENT BEARER:
It’s 1941 in a small Jewish community in South Carolina, and Solly Meisner, a recently returned Spanish Civil War veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, has barely settled in after his return home when he risks his life after discovering powerful Nazi sympathizers are working behind the scenes in his new hometown.
Determined to stop them, he signs on with a newly formed U.S. spy agency.
His first assignment: travel to the Yucatan and infiltrate a group of German spies and collaborators—including Estelle, a beautiful British woman he fell in love with in Spain, and whom he fears may have betrayed him.
In the Yucatan, Solly encounters a band of European exiles, not all of them who they claim to be.
With his contacts dropping like flies, danger lurks at every turn.
But with the Nazis only a few hundred miles from the U.S. coast and making plans for an invasion, there is no time to lose, and Solly trusts no one to track them down and stop them but himself.
If he fails, the world he once knew will be gone forever—and the people he loves with it.
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PRAISE FOR THE SERPENT BEARER:
“The Serpent Bearer is an elaborate, exciting. . . gripping thriller set amid World War II history.”—Foreword Clarion Review
“Each narrative voice is distinctive, and the characters and settings throughout are beautifully drawn. . . A consistently compelling war story. . .”—Kirkus Reviews
“Uncertain loyalties, globe-trotting suspense, and diverse characters with rich backgrounds power Rosenthal’s second novel . . . . an engrossing journey.”—BookLife Review
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jane Rosenthal studied creative writing at San Francisco State University.
She worked for NPR and California Public Radio before teaching English in public high schools in Oakland, California.
She grew up Jewish and southern in Charlotte, North Carolina, and now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband, astrophysicist David Hollenbach.
