Sleeper agent

by Ib Melchior

A Sleeper Agent is highly trained, totally dedicated secret agent placed in a country by a foreign power well in advance of any contemplated action. He will marry, work and wait for the day his native land will call upon him to carry out, at any risk, any task demanded, whether his wait as a Sleeper is years, or decades. The story opens in Germany on a Bavarian mountain estate. It is April 18, 1945. The war in Europe is coming to an end, and a young German, Rudi, is being assigned his mission. He is destined for Sleeper action in the United States. In Bayreuth, CIC Agent Tom Jaeger discovers a document which sets him on Rudi's trail. The chase finally takes him to Denmark, where he tracks down the man who is Rudi's contact and tricks him into revealing Rudi's vital mission. It is in Copenhagen, amid the chaos and joy of liberation that Tom at last runs his target to ground.

Genres: Fiction

299 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Ib Jørgen Melchior was a novelist, short story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures.In world War II, he served with the OSS ,for awhile, then was transferred to the U.S. Military Intelligence Service, spending two years in the European theater of War as a military intelligence investigator attached to Counter Intelligence.

In 1965, he was dubbed Knight Commander of the Militant Order of Saint Brigitte of Sweden.In 1976, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films awarded Ib Melchior its Golden Scroll Award to Merit for Outstanding Achievement.

Melchior's novels include Code Name: Grand Guignol, Eva, The Haigerloch Project, The Marcus Device, Order of Battle: Hitler's Werewolves, Sleeper Agent, The Tombstone Cipher and The Watchdogs of Abaddon.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A favorite growing up, but only decent re-read as an adult. If WW2 thrillers are your thing, it's worth a read.