Resurrection of Antimony

In 1941, British intelligence’s Sir William Stephenson, who was personally tapped by Churchill to run operations in the Western Hemisphere, reaches out to a retired agent known by the code name Antimony, the hero of Carpenter’s lackluster debut, a WWII thriller. Stevenson needs Antimony for a vitally important mission. Dr. Enrico Verdi, an émigré Italian physicist who has been conducting atomic research in Chicago, is planning a trip to South Africa to visit his brother. Stephenson has planted false rumors that the real purpose of Verdi’s trip is to inspect a heavy water extraction plant. It’s Antimony’s job to keep an eye out for this eminent scientist on his journey from the U.S. to South Africa aboard an Egyptian passenger liner. The inclusion of historical figures such as Stephenson and Ian Fleming doesn’t compensate for the melodrama. Readers should be prepared for a formulaic plot with few surprises as well as purple prose (“Every muscle, every fiber, every molecule of his body surged forward towards the throat of the malevolent Nazi”). [em](BookLife) [/em]