A thrilling adventure woven around some real facts based on a true story of a sabotage mission during the Second World War. Norway 1942. The mission: nothing less than preventing the Nazis from creating an Atomic bomb. Four children trained as Special Operations Agents are sent into the icy wilderness high up on the Norwegian snow fields. How they survive is tautly told and the period details of their mission are brought to life in the illustrations.
Four teenagers attempt the most dangerous sabotage mission of World War II in this thrilling new adventure novel.Norway, December 1942. Following the German occupation of the power plant at Vemork in southern Norway, the British government has become aware that Hitler is trying to find a way to use the heavy water it produces to make a nuclear weapon. One mission to destroy the power plant has already failed and time is running out. Now the Allies' fate rests in the hands of four teenagers - Jakob, Freddie, Ase and Lars - who must survive for weeks in the freezing conditions of the Hardanger Plateau before they launch a sabotage attempt that will decide the course of the war. Stuck-in paper inserts bring to life the wartime experiences of these special Special Agents, from digging snow holes and butchering reindeer, to combat knives and behaviour under torture.
