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Miriam in the Shadows by John Winn Miller

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Also by John Winn Miller:

Miriam in the Shadows, June 2026
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Rescue Run, March 2025
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The Hunt for the Peggy C, November 2022
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MIRIAM IN THE SHADOWS
By: John Winn Miller

Peggy C Saga #3
Bancroft Press
June 2026
On Sale: June 2, 2026
433 pages
ISBN: 1610887115
EAN: 9781610887113
Kindle: B0GZX65S27
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Thriller Spy | Historical

On the eve of D-Day, the fate of the world hangs not on the beaches of Normandy, but deep within a secret Nazi facility in occupied France. Here, in a claustrophobic, slave-driven mine codenamed Noball 109, German scientists are racing to perfect a terror weapon that would render the Allied invasion obsolete: atomic-tipped V-2 rockets aimed at the heart of London.

Enter Miriam Maduro, a ghost haunted by her past. A brilliant and courageous Dutch-Jewish SOE agent, she has already been captured, tortured, and escaped the Nazis once. Now, the British pull her from the shadows for an offer she can't refuse: undertake a suicide mission to infiltrate and destroy the rocket facility, and they will guarantee safe passage for her young son and sister from Palestine to England.

For Miriam, it's not about patriotism; it's a mission fueled by a mother's fierce love and a survivor's desperate need for redemption. Running parallel is a story of love and betrayal. Captain Jake Rogers, the American merchant marine who previously rescued Miriam and is the father of her child, is recruited by a charming Ian Fleming for a seemingly simple naval diversion.

But the mission is a setup, a pawn in the toxic, real-life rivalry between Britain's spy agencies. Betrayed by MI6 and left for dead, Rogers is captured by the Germans. The two storylines collide in one heart-stopping moment. Deep undercover, Miriam unfolds a German newspaper and sees Jake's face staring back at her from the front page. She is now faced with an impossible choice: complete her world-saving mission and let the man she loves perish, or risk everything—the war, D-Day, the lives of millions—to orchestrate a daring rescue? Her answer is what makes Miriam in the Shadows an unforgettable tour de force. She will do both.

Grounded in meticulous historical research and packed with authentic spycraft, the novel is a blueprint for a blockbuster. It's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare meets Terminator 2, with the intellectual heft of Oppenheimer. A gripping combination of a ticking-clock thriller, a prison break, and a romance-under-fire, this third volume of the acclaimed Peggy C Saga is a commercially explosive property with built-in franchise potential, ready to captivate readers and Hollywood alike.

Peggy C Saga

The Hunt for the Peggy C
THE HUNT FOR THE PEGGY C
#1.0 โ€ข November 2022
Miriam in the Shadows
MIRIAM IN THE SHADOWS
#3.0 โ€ข June 2026

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