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The German, 'Mr. Kai'

and The Devil

Pearl Harbor: The Shocking Story of a Missed Opportunity (2014)

Get ready to be haunted by the questions that this true story will leave you with!

 

The German... is a thrilling tale of a man's Faustian Bargain with the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu, and the opportunity to change history that he and others had.

 

Imagine what could have been had the FBI had acted on its suspicions and questioned the German, or if American intelligence had prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

 

This story will leave you wondering why history has blacked out his role as though he never existed. Don't miss out on this unsung song!

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READERS RESPOND: "Engaging and well told, a page-turner. It's a story, fictionalized, of course, that few people know, loaded with irony and 'what ifs,' which are always fascinating. History abounds with alternatives, and The German is no exception.

 

The author offers logical and reasonable suppositions about his characters' choices. Was there ever a more unlikely spy than Rolf Steiner?

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Above all, what are we to make of the FBI's ineptitude and Franklin Roosevelt's duplicity. The author challenges us to consider that 'the 'infamous' that fall (1941) were legion.' I found it fascinating to create my list of possibilities. Fox is correct; they were 'legion.'"  — 'Gold Star' - Amazon

Stephen Fox's The German ... cleverly mixes fact and fiction ... to bring us the inside story of the days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We are introduced to the Steiners, a real life ex-pat German family living in Honolulu, a family with the familiar stresses and foibles common to family life ... What are the Steiners up to? They visit the Japanese Consulate; their nine year-old son takes the long way to school and uses a telescope to study the harbor. They always need money ...

Meanwhile, one of the married FBI agents begins a passionate love affair with a beautiful young woman who unbeknownst to him is the Steiner's daughter ... Why does J. Edgar Hoover insist the Steiners not be taken in for questioning? We know, of course, what happened at Pearl Harbor. What we don't know is what role if any the Steiner's played, or what happened to them and the agents who were on their case in the days and years following the attack. In The German ... Fox gives us the fascinating details. — Amazon

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