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Nucleus

by Rory Clements Book 2 in the Tom Wilde series.

First published 2018

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June 1939. Nazi Germany has occupied Czechoslovakia, the IRA is conducting a bombing campaign in Britain and the discovery of nuclear fission has made atomic research a matter of national security. When a scientist at Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory is murdered, Tom Wilde is drawn into the competition surrounding the new science.

The inquiry extends from Cambridge to Berlin, the United States and Ireland. Wilde must distinguish scientific rivalry from espionage while hostile agents seek information that could determine whether Germany or the Allies first develop an atomic weapon.

Historical Periods

Appeasement and the Road to War1933–1939 CE Rise of Nazism1919–1933 CE

Historical people

Otto Hahn1879–1968

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