Review - Hornet Flight - 9/10

Reading again one of my favorite genres which is a fictional story that takes place in a real historical setting.  In this case, the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. 

During the 2nd World War, the British are sending out war planes on bombing raids and more than half of the planes are not returning.  As it turns out, the British intercept a secret message from the Germans and decipher it enough to determine that the German's have a sophisticated radar system.

It is left to a fledgling resistance movement in Denmark to sneak in to a secret radar facility and take pictures so the British can devise a flight pattern to keep their fliers safe.

Harald is an eighteen year old boy who by association (friend of a friend sort of thing) finds him self in the middle of the plot.  With the help of a friend and romantic interest, Karen, take it upon themselves to take the pictures and then get them in British hands.

I really liked the characters in this story.  Especially Harald's father who is a minister of a church.  His father is larger than life imposing fellow who lives by the letter of the law; however, when he discovers his son is caught up in the espionage, he acts nobly by misleading the authorities who are looking for him.  He justifies himself not by giving excuses, but realizing that he has sinned and that he had to do what he did to save his sons life.  It reminds of the story of Rehab who hid the Israelites and lied to the authorities to save their lives.

Although, there were some predicable parts, this story is a page turner, and at the same time helped shed light on what it was like to live under the Nazi occupation.