![]() ![]() He always knew his mission would most likely end in his death, and he was satisfied to make that sacrifice for the revolution if it could help stop Hitler and his abominable ideology. Posing as a railroad man, Hofmann sets out on his game of “Russian roulette,” approaching Hamm’s ex-party members one at a time and delicately feeling out their allegiances. Hofmann’s bosses believe the common workers are the only way to stop the German war machine from within. Josef Hofmann was not the returned Argentinian immigrant he’d said he was-he was a communist spy under Moscow’s command to try to reconnect with any remnants of Germany’s suppressed communist party. What Walter finds is a scathing chronicle of one the most tumultuous years in German history, narrated by a secret agent on a deadly mission. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow’s son, who was eleven years old in the spring of 1938, discovers the carefully hidden diary the boarder had kept during his stay, even though he should never have written any of its contents down. In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. The hairdryer short circuits in the water, electrocuting and killing Eliot.Įliot reanimates shortly after and roams the zombie-infested mansion.From bestselling author David Downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heart-wrenching depiction of Germany in the days leading up to World War II and the difficult choices of one man of conviction. While Eliot is using a hairdryer to blow his hair in the bathroom, he is ambushed by the undead Ridley, causing Eliot to fall into the filled bathtub. After hours of driving, the group finally arrives at Ridley's house. They find Debra's mother dead and her father a zombie, who Maxwell immediately kills.Īs the group sets out towards Philadelphia, a squad of rogue soldiers ambush them in the night, taking all their supplies, save their weapons. When they reach Debra's home, Debra is ambushed by her undead brother, who Professor Maxwell then kills. The group gathers supplies and heads out, planning to stop by at Debra's home on the way to pick up her family. There, Ridley Wilmott calls the group and invites them to seek refuge at his fortified mansion in Philadelphia. The group fix the caravan, but are attacked by zombies before they leave, and Samuel is killed.Ī few hours later, the group encounters a group of African-Americans in a fortified warehouse. Eliot and the others go on the road again, but the caravan breaks down, and the group encounters Samuel, a deaf, Amish man. Mary dies and reanimates, and is thus killed by Professor Maxwell, while Gordo is bitten, dies, and is shot to prevent reanimation. ![]() Eliot and the group rush a comatose Mary to a deserted hospital, where they encounter several zombies. When they encounter several zombies which Mary Dexter, the driver, runs over, they stop for a break and Mary shoots herself with a pistol. ![]() When the dead begin to rise, the group goes on the road. Caucasian-American Eliot Stone died and reanimated during the undead apocalypse.Įliot was one of the crew for his friend, Jason Creed's mummy movie. ![]()
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