France, 1942. While war blazes at the front lines of Europe, in the walled southern city of Carcassonne, nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women is engaged in an equally lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the French Resistance—code-named Citadel—fight to liberate their home from the Nazis.
Led by a daring eighteen-year-old, Sandrine Vidal, and her elder sister, Marianne, the women of Citadel work quickly to sabotage their German occupiers, safeguard their neighbors and smuggle refugees over the mountains into neutral territory. But that is only part of their mission. Their struggle will reveal an older, darker combat being fought in the shadows, one meant to protect an ancient secret that, if it fell into the wrong hands, could change the course of history.
Combining rugged action with the haunting mystery of an ancient city, Citadel is a story of daring and courage, love and passion, as the women of Citadel dare the impossible to save their home-land . . . and the astonishing secrets buried in time are at long last revealed.
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“Narrator Finty Williams provides a
wild ride from Vichy (code name: Citadel), France, to ancient Carcassonne and
the revelation of a heretical parchment that allows the bearer to bring forth
an army of ghosts. Williams delivers Nazi goons, Resistance good guys, a fourth-century
holy man, and some intrepid young French women with just the right amount of
understated drama. Williams’s low-key performance allows Mosse’s crisp prose to
shine in this well-researched historical thriller.”
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