{"product_id":"the-second-objective-9781401309527","title":"The Second Objective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestselling author Mark Frost makes a triumphant return to fiction with this riveting World War II thriller, based on a shocking real-life German operation run by \"the most dangerous man in Europe.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFall 1944. Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope they'll be home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, \"Hitler's Commando,\" famed for his daring rescue of the imprisoned Mussolini, has just received orders for Operation \u003cem\u003eGreif\u003c\/em\u003e He is to assemble a new brigade of 2,000 men, all of whom speak English, and send them behind Allied lines disguised as GIs, where they will wreak havoc in advance of a savage new offensive. And from those men, Skorzeny is to select a smaller group, made up of the twenty most highly skilled commandos fluent in American culture, to attempt an even more sinister mission--the second objective--which, if completed, not only would change the course of the war, but would change the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with real characters and details only recently released by the United States military, \u003cem\u003eThe Second Objective\u003c\/em\u003e is historical fiction at its most pulse-pounding, its most unpredictable, and its most compulsively readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2832135\"\u003eMark Frost\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.34w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401309527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1401309526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Frost\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam\u003c\/i\u003e, and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe List of 7, The 6 Messiahs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBefore I Wake\u003c\/i\u003e. He received a Writer's Guild Award and an Emmy nomination for his work as executive story editor on the acclaimed television series \u003ci\u003eHill Street Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the co-creator and executive producer of the ABC television series \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42649457328365,"sku":"9781401309527","price":23.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ebe4fdff-e2e6-4b79-ad1d-8bdfa351b806.jpg?v=1649187848","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-second-objective-9781401309527","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}