Rat Line

Jim Colling Adventures #2

by Robert McCurdy

World War II has been over for 2 years, and the Iron Curtain is firmly in place between East and West. Tech-four Jim Colling, a member of the U.S. occupation force in Germany, is looking forward to the end of his enlistment and returning to the States and settling into civilian life with the beautiful German girl he plans to marry. However, when an American Air Force bomber with A-bomb secrets aboard is forced down in Soviet territory, Colling is once again called upon by his old friend in Army intelligence, Lt. Col. Quarles, to employ his language skills and undercover experience to extricate the crew of the plane and bring them safely to the West. The task is the most dangerous that Colling has thus far faced in working for Quarles, and one in which his ingenuity will be tested to the limit, when he has to engineer his own escape from a former Nazi concentration camp.

356 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[RJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Set after WW II with the Iron Curtain and East Germany controlled by Russia, the story is about a service man who is good at rescuing people held by the Soviets. He does this twice in the book. First, a group of American soldiers being held in a prisoner camp, Second, his German girlfriend . He actually uses the junior high school word "necking."
He writes the name of the main character so much, it is annoying. On one page, I counted 13 times. He does this throughout the book.
The story one of those "happy ever after" ones where all turns out AOK. No matter what obstacles are in the way of his rescues, he has a friend, he knows a road, a building, how to fool guards, how to dress - he makes it every time. All turns out well. Even one helper gets shot and can be helped to safety and , of course, will be ok.