Coup de GraceBook One in The Triumph of Evil Trilogy. Living in France during the Nazi Occupation is tough, dark and dangerous. In order to escape the forced labour scheme that sends French kids to work in German factories, Philippe joins the French resistance, but his best friend Yves - who has a scar on his face that makes him look as if he's always smiling - joins the Milice or French Gestapo. The boyhood friends are now on opposite sides in one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. While hiding in the forest with the underground movement, Philippe goes swimming with some young patriots. One of them is circumcised - he must be a Jew. Then the band of French partisans gets orders to attack the crack Das Reich Division. But things go badly wrong. The Nazis are an efficient fighting machine - the French as rag-tag secret army. Philippe is badly wounded and found by a German patrol. An officer arrives who speaks perfect French. And his mouth is twisted into a permanent smile... In war there are no winners, and in 'Coup de Grace', good does not triumph over evil - the price for treachery is seldom exacted - and brutality is meted out equally on both sides of the struggle for Liberation. |
Contents
Section 1 | 9 |
Section 2 | 105 |
Section 3 | 113 |
Section 4 | 117 |
Section 5 | 121 |
Section 6 | 131 |
Section 7 | 137 |
Section 8 | 145 |
Section 20 | 250 |
Section 21 | 262 |
Section 22 | 269 |
Section 23 | 274 |
Section 24 | 282 |
Section 25 | 286 |
Section 26 | 296 |
Section 27 | 304 |
Section 9 | 153 |
Section 10 | 158 |
Section 11 | 164 |
Section 12 | 171 |
Section 13 | 179 |
Section 14 | 195 |
Section 15 | 207 |
Section 16 | 214 |
Section 17 | 220 |
Section 18 | 232 |
Section 19 | 243 |
Section 28 | 312 |
Section 29 | 320 |
Section 30 | 327 |
Section 31 | 339 |
Section 32 | 348 |
Section 33 | 361 |
Section 34 | 367 |
Section 35 | 379 |
Section 36 | 381 |
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