num_pages: 688
description: 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. Soon after their training they are dropped behind enemy lines and take up their false identities isolated from one another except for a secret drop-box but in close contact with the powerful Nazi elite who have Paris under siege. Thus begins a dramatic and riveting cat-and-mouse game as the young Americans seek 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?
language: English
title: Dragonfly
publisher: Grand Central Publishing