{"product_id":"the-norwegian-assassin-a-riveting-heart-wrenching-nordic-family-saga-from-world-war-2-paperback","title":"The Norwegian Assassin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Byron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA World War II historical fiction novel set in Nazi-occupied Norway, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Norwegian Assassin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e follows a Jewish woman driven into resistance, espionage, and targeted sabotage after the destruction of her family. Written for readers of\u003cem\u003e Kristin Hannah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePam Jenoff\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMartha Hall Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e who seek emotionally intense wartime fiction with fierce female protagonists and real historical stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVienna, 1938\u003c\/em\u003e. Esther Weiss's life once unfolded with certainty: a future shaped by love, family, and a long-planned wedding. When Austria falls to Nazi rule, everything fractures. Forced to flee with her family, she seeks refuge in Norway, hoping distance might offer safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter returning home one evening to find her family gone, deported without warning, grief hardens into resolve. Esther chooses resistance. Assuming a false identity, she learns to weaponise her appearance and her silence, slipping into fascist circles to gather intelligence, sabotage operations, and strike back at those who enabled the terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn occupied Norway's forests and cities, she becomes a shadow: courier, spy, assassin. Yet vengeance extracts its own toll. As the mission consumes her, even Tore Ringdal, the Resistance fighter sworn to protect her, struggles to reach the woman behind the hardened resolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat remains is a reckoning between justice and survival, love and loss, and the cost of fighting when there is nothing left to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the war brought her to Norway, Esther shared her formative years at Le Manoir, a Swiss finishing school, with Lili Hamilton and Océane Bell - a friendship that quietly binds the fates of three women across three very different wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA standalone novel within \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Resistance Girl Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Norwegian Assassin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e blends women's historical fiction, Holocaust-era resistance, espionage, and psychological intensity set against the stark landscapes of wartime Norway. Ideal for readers drawn to stories of moral reckoning, resilience, and the limits of vengeance under occupation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 452\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481075769651,"sku":"9789083215624","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-norwegian-assassin-a-riveting-heart-wrenching-nordic-family-saga-from-world-war-2-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}