Anna Stamos-Brown

The Return of the Black Dagger Anna Stamos-Brown

Cecil Pendington's romantic view of his Saxon ancestry compels him to leave England and travel to Germany to connect vicariously to his Saxon ancestor through the modern German people. When he meets Hans Wolf, a German army lieutenant, a fast friendship blossoms. Hans had lived in England in his youth, and when he returned to Germany, he left Laura Montague behind, the woman he loved. During Cecil's visits to Germany, he becomes enthralled by Hitler's rhetoric. In 1939, when Hitler's army invades Poland and Britain declares war against Germany, Cecil thinks his government has committed a blunder. A turn of events brought on by WWII brings the two friends face to face once again, to embark on a journey that tests their friendship and Laura's love for Hans. However, throughout the trials they face, the deep friendship between the two men holds fast. Cecil finds a hidden manuscript in his grandfather's library, which speaks of a mystical dagger, the young man dismisses the manuscript as nonsense. Later, through an unforeseeable event, Cecil discovers the power of the dagger-leading him to uncover a treasonous plan that would destroy the very heart of Britain and prolong the war