John D. Lee

The Thirteenth Hour: a Novel of an American Officer Trapped in Hitler's Dying City- with an Incredible, Deadly Secret John D. Lee

The Thirteenth Hour ? The final days of WWII. Henry Bascom, an American OSS agent, joins a crack British commando unit in an effort to kidnap Hitler from his Berlin bunker. The attempt goes horribly wrong and Bacsom seeks shelter in the ruins with a wounded comrade. Pursued by Germans, threatened by the Russian advance, Bascom struggles for survival in a doomed city until he stumbles on an incredible secret. This was Lee's second book to reach The New York Times best-seller list. Published by Doubleday and Dell, in four languages, and as a 30-part radio serial in South Africa. Also selected as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate.