A Gordian Web: A World War II Thriller (The Spider Book 2) - Tapa blanda

If you enjoy the work of bestselling author Ken Follett, you’ll like the second World War II thriller from Guy Butler’s The Spider Trilogy. The German invasion of Poland in 1939 unleashed the fury of Hitler’s Nazi regime upon the Polish people and soon the rest of western Europe. Polish freedom fighter Chez Orlowski has earned the legends told about him; his daring acts of mayhem as The Spider against the Nazis instill hope in his countrymen. As the war is winding to an end, the Allies are about to crush Hitler and his Nazis, but the fight over Poland continues. Now the Soviet Union leverages everything to control the country. The NKGB’s top priority: to find and eliminate The Spider. Hiding on a remote farm with his new bride and family, Chez knows it’s only a matter of time before the Russians close the noose around them. There’s only one way out: The British will send a covert Special Forces Squad—The Black Widows—on a clandestine extraction attempt behind Russian lines. In return, Chez will contribute his special talents to a personal mission for Winston Churchill.

Guy Butler was born in Blackpool where his father, Malcolm Butler, did in fact play for the famous Blackpool Football Club. When his Dad retired, the family moved back to Belfast, Northern Ireland, where its roots go back to the 17th century. Guy spent his youth playing soccer all day and bass guitar in a band called ‘Johnny and the Teenbeats’ all night. The other group in town was Van Morrison and Them, who went on to much bigger and greater things. Despite the resultant horrific grades, he managed to get accepted into Queens University’s College of Architecture, where he played soccer for the Northern Ireland national colleges’ team against Wales, Scotland and England. Guy currently owns a boutique architectural firm that specializes in golf resort design all over the world. While Balls of Leather and Steel was mainly written at 35,000 feet en route to China, Nigeria and the Far East, Guy chiseled time away from his busy architecture office and home life to craft The Gordian Web. The Butler family lives in Orlando, Florida.