The Holcroft Covenant

A Novel

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  • The
  • Fourth
  • Reich
  • is
  • waiting
  • to
  • arise—and
  • the
  • only
  • man
  • who
  • can
  • stop
  • it
  • is
  • about
  • to
  • sign
  • its
  • birth
  • certificate.
  • In
  • 1945
  • the
  • children
  • of
  • the
  • Third
  • Reich
  • were
  • secretly
  • hidden
  • all
  • over
  • the
  • world,
  • to
  • be
  • concealed
  • until
  • they
  • came
  • of
  • age
  • in
  • the
  • 1970s,
  • at
  • which
  • point
  • $780
  • million
  • would
  • be
  • waiting
  • in
  • a
  • Swiss
  • bank.
  • But
  • all
  • of
  • these
  • elaborate
  • plans
  • need
  • an
  • unsuspecting
  • outsider
  • to
  • set
  • them
  • in
  • motion:
  • Noel
  • Holcroft,
  • the
  • American
  • son
  • of
  • a
  • high-ranking
  • Nazi
  • officer.
  • He
  • has
  • just
  • been
  • shown
  • an
  • incredible
  • document
  • known
  • as
  • the
  • Holcroft
  • Covenant.
  • If
  • he
  • signs,
  • he
  • will
  • inadvertently
  • deal
  • a
  • serious
  • blow
  • to
  • an
  • already
  • fragile
  • world—and
  • authorize
  • his
  • own
  • death
  • warrant.Praise
  • for
  • Robert
  • Ludlum
  • and
  • The
  • Holcroft
  • Covenant“Pleases
  • and
  • seduces
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • [Robert]
  • Ludlum
  • stuffs
  • more
  • surprises
  • into
  • his
  • novels
  • than
  • any
  • other
  • six-pack
  • of
  • thriller
  • writers
  • combined.
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • I
  • sprained
  • my
  • wrist
  • turning
  • his
  • pages
  • and
  • didn’t
  • notice
  • until
  • an
  • hour
  • later.”—John
  • Leonard,
  • The
  • New
  • York
  • Times“Don’t
  • ever
  • begin
  • a
  • Ludlum
  • novel
  • if
  • you
  • have
  • to
  • go
  • to
  • work
  • the
  • next
  • day.”—Chicago
  • TribuneBONUS:
  • This
  • edition
  • includes
  • an
  • excerpt
  • from
  • Robert
  • Ludlum’s
  • The
  • Bourne Identity.
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