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Nucleus
- Tom Wilde, Book 2
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
The eve of war: a secret so deadly, nothing and no-one is safe.
June, 1939. England is partying like there is no tomorrow, gas masks at the ready. In Cambridge, the May Balls are played out with a frantic intensity - but the good times won't last.... In Europe, the Nazis have invaded Czechoslovakia, and in Germany the persecution of the Jews is now so widespread that desperate Jewish parents send their children to safety in Britain aboard the Kindertransport.
Closer to home, the IRA's S-Plan bombing campaign has resulted in more than 100 terrorist outrages around England. But perhaps the most far-reaching event of all goes largely unreported: in Germany, Otto Hahn has produced the first man-made fission, and an atomic device is now a very real possibility. The Nazis set up the Uranverein group of physicists: its task is to build a superbomb.
The German High Command is aware that British and US scientists are working on a similar line. Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory is where the atom was split in 1932. Might the Cambridge men now win the race for a nuclear bomb? Hitler's generals need to be sure they know all the Cavendish's secrets. Only then will it be safe for Germany to wage war.
When one of the Cavendish's finest brains is murdered, Professor Tom Wilde is once more drawn into an intrigue from which there seems no escape. In a conspiracy that stretches from Cambridge to Berlin and from Washington, DC to the west coast of Ireland, he faces deadly forces that threaten the fate of the world.
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- Keith M.
- 28-02-18
well written... well told .....interesting period
a good story based on some actual scenarios
Reader also very believable and deserves praise
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- George
- 23-03-18
Awful
Foul mouth rant , how do authors believe that every character has such insufficient vocabulary they have to use so many expletives and that the readers want to hear it , they will say it's realistic , join the real world , foul language is hardly used and never by anyone with any vocabulary to speak of . I for one will not purchase any more from this author , perhaps he will realize it's just not commercial .
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- Cheffersmrs
- 08-08-23
Another good listen
I think I preferred this book to the first book and have enjoyed seeing the characters grow.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-06-23
A gripping story
I enjoyed the way various people involved in the story actually more instrumental in the bigger picture
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- Binky
- 20-01-23
One of the better ones.
If only one book of the Tom Wilde series was made into a film or series it's this one. The action never lets up and it's genuinely exciting. There are enough twists and turns, and a good amount of suspense too. A satisfying listen!
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- Steve P
- 26-08-19
Excellent.
one of the best Audible books . Excellent pre WW2 thriller,good storyline linking Nazis,the IRA and development of nuclear weapons, with secret agents,and a lead character of a history professor.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-03-24
Excellent novel
Another brilliant book by this author, so good in fact I have listened to all of them more than once, and the narrator is superb
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- B. Seed
- 13-02-24
Totally gripping
A really gripping listen. Loved the setting in and around Cambridge and really enjoyed the red herrings, the double-crossings, the transatlantic relationships plus the complexities of the immediate pre-war political situation and the conundrums that divided loyalties throw in the listener's path.
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- John C-H
- 31-01-24
Gripping
Really enjoyed this, the narration is good and the story keeps up a good pace
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- I M Johnson
- 16-04-23
Brilliant
Great espionage story.
The characters are believable, no less because of Adam Sims’ excellent portrayal.
It would be great to see this into a movie one day.
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