S.D.M. Carpenter – författare

March 1941. Commodore John Braithwaite, retired British Royal Navy intelligence agent, leaps at the opportunity to return to the field. German Military Intelligence (Abwehr) discovers that the American atomic physicist Dr. Enrico Verdi, will travel to Africa aboard the Egyptian liner S.S. Zamzam and places an agent aboard hoping that Verdi will reveal a suspected atomic research facility. J. Edgar Hoover sends FBI agents to accompany Verdi, but London proposes placing Braithwaite aboard to watch over the scientist. Though rusty, the Commodore relishes the return to the field and takes his old code name ANTIMONY. Is he still up to snuff? Plagued by self-doubts and the troubling sense of a hovering malignant evil, he travels disguised as an American businessman. An attempted kidnapping reveals a sinister future for Verdi. And where are Hoover’s missing FBI men? Alone and without reinforcement, ANTIMONY is unaware of another, far more dangerous enemy than the clumsy Abwehr agent. ANTIMONY must protect Verdi armed only with his cunning, courage, wits and keen knowledge of the game as they cross dangerous Atlantic waters. Based on the actual incidents surrounding the final voyage of the SS. Zamzam, the historical novel Resurrection of ANTIMONY launches into the thrilling world of World War II espionage and intrigue where mission failure has high stakes for the world order and particularly, the Western democracies.

November 1915 – HMS Halberd, while protecting a collier convoy, confronts a German cruiser. Through a gallant attempt, the convoy is saved, but the doughty little destroyer is outgunned and sunk. Only a few sailors survive, including Lieutenant John Braithwaite. Wounded and unfit for sea duty, Naval Intelligence Division (NID) recruits him for field work based on his knowledge of East Africa and fluency in German. The mission – discover the secret of the mysterious enemy light cruiser SMS Aachen operating out of German East Africa, which is devastating British shipping. How is Aachen always able to find targets? How does she always evade the Royal Navy? Arriving in Zanzibar, he meets the beautiful and charming Alice, code name MINSTREL, a widow serving as NID’s resident agent. Going aboard the enemy cruiser disguised as a native laborer, Braithwaite discovers references to “The Machine” and charts marked with the term “Station Wilhelm” located in the heart of Africa on Lake Nyasa. Together, Braithwaite and MINSTREL travel up the Zambezi River in search of the Aachen’s secret, but they must battle the elements as well as the Germans as they go deep into the Dark Continent.

November 1915 – HMS Halberd, while protecting a collier convoy, confronts a German cruiser. Through a gallant attempt, the convoy is saved, but the doughty little destroyer is outgunned and sunk. Only a few sailors survive, including Lieutenant John Braithwaite. Wounded and unfit for sea duty, Naval Intelligence Division (NID) recruits him for field work based on his knowledge of East Africa and fluency in German. The mission – discover the secret of the mysterious enemy light cruiser SMS Aachen operating out of German East Africa, which is devastating British shipping. How is Aachen always able to find targets? How does she always evade the Royal Navy? Arriving in Zanzibar, he meets the beautiful and charming Alice, code name MINSTREL, a widow serving as NID’s resident agent. Going aboard the enemy cruiser disguised as a native laborer, Braithwaite discovers references to “The Machine” and charts marked with the term “Station Wilhelm” located in the heart of Africa on Lake Nyasa. Together, Braithwaite and MINSTREL travel up the Zambezi River in search of the Aachen’s secret, but they must battle the elements as well as the Germans as they go deep into the Dark Continent.