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In late 1937, a young German lieutenant, Oskar Langweil, is recruited to help overthrow Adolf Hitler. An exiled childhood friend introduces him to Lena, another expat and an avowed Socialist, and they contrive to pose as husband and wife to cross the Atlantic aboard a cruise ship crowded with Nazis. But once at sea they become entangled with the feckless son of a U.S. senator, as well as the mysterious SS officer assigned to watch over him, and after docking in Bremerhaven their luck lurches from bad to worse. Now, along with these unexpected companions, they become prey in a manhunt that drives them through the Third Reich—Oskar cut off from his circle of resistance and constantly re-evaluating whom he can trust.   From the sordid cabarets of Berlin to glittering parties in Washington, D.C., from the slums of Kreuzberg to a remote Alpine lodge, Richard Grant populates a world on the brink of disappearing with a cast that also includes an evil genius of Nazism, a White Russian princess, a stage artist vampire, an aging brigadier, and a disgraced journalist. A tour de force of historical espionage, Cave Dwellers is a suspenseful, darkly comic, and exhilarating novel in which everyone is playing for the highest stakes imaginable.

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“An intelligent, sharply focused, high-stakes drama. . . . A transatlantic, cross-country cat-and-mouse chase.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “An absorbing tale of espionage wrapped in enough cloak-und­-dagger episodes to make anyone’s Kopf spin. Intrigue and menace mixed here with delicious dollops of humor make a great read for those interested in that bygone era. Absolutely wunderbar!” —Library Journal (starred review)   “[An] exceptional period thriller. . . . Grant builds the tension slowly . . . then ratchets it up with fine pacing. The main characters are well-drawn, but the minor ones are also memorable, from a White Russian princess in an ancien régime Berlin salon to a cabaret mentalist who suffers for misreading his audience.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)   “A clever story of suspense and treachery as growing resistance to Hitler and the Nazis force desperate opponents to act. . . . Pursuits, shoot-outs, surprising plot twists, and an exciting showdown at an alpine mountain lodge complete this remarkably tense and well-crafted thriller.” —Publishers Weekly

An intelligent, sharply focused, high-stakes drama . . . a transatlantic, cross-country cat-and-mouse chase [that] hastens toward a conclusion that manages to excite but at the same time examine, most notably, questions of trust, loyalty and patriotism. --Malcolm Forbest, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune An absorbing tale of espionage wrapped in enough cloak-und--dagger episodes to make anyone's Kopf spin. Intrigue and menace mixed here with delicious dollops of humor make a great read for those interested in that bygone era. Absolutely wunderbar! --Edward B. Cone, Library Journal (starred review) An understated, entertaining [and] exceptional period thriller focused on homegrown opposition to Hitler. . . . Grant builds tension slowly, then ratchets it up with fine pacing. The main characters are well-drawn, but the minor ones are also memorable, from a White Russian princess in an ancien regime Berlin salon to a cabaret mentalist. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Intricate . . . a clever story of suspense and treachery as growing resistance to Hitler and the Nazis force desperate opponents to act. . . . Pursuits, shoot-outs, surprising plot twists, and an exciting showdown at an alpine mountain lodge complete this remarkably tense and well-crafted thriller. --Publishers Weekly

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Richard Grant was born in Norfolk in 1952, attended the University of Virginia, and served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He lives in Lincolnville, Maine, where he has been a contributing editor of Down East magazine, chaired the literature panel of the Maine Arts Commission and won a New England Press Award for his column in the Camden Herald.

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