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What would life in New Zealand have been like if it had been
occupied by Nazi Germany? Uncommon Enemy, a thriller,
paints a realistic picture. Would New Zealanders have resisted
or collaborated?
Hamish Beavis quickly joins the New Order and shows all the
brutality of a collaborator towards his fellow New Zealanders.
The beautiful Carol Peterson, carrying a dark secret, is pressured
into an engagement with Hamish but is increasingly drawn towards
Stuart Johnson who has joined the expanding resistance network.
Carol’s crucial decision and its repercussions are set
against a background of violence and betrayal in post-war
New Zealand under Nazi rule.
Uncommon Enemy moves along at a fast pace and the
reader will find it hard to put down. The novel paints a chilling
picture of what so easily might have been – and what
could occur in the future.
John Reynolds, the author, has read and travelled widely
to research the background for his first novel. The story
carries conviction and the interplay of Kiwi culture and Nazi
overlordship is convincingly drawn.
Warwick Roger, reviewing the novel, writes "I started
to read it with some degree of reluctance and, to my surprise,
found I couldn't put it down .... the further I read the more
possible things became. Reynolds builds his story well ...
he is a good storyteller."
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The author, John Reynolds. To see more about this author, please
go to http://www.drjohnreynolds.com 