THE ALEPH BET CONSPIRACY by Norman Shabel

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THE ALEPH BET CONSPIRACY

Twenty years after the Holocaust and the Nazi reign of terror, a remnant of the Third Reich has appeared, this time on U.S. soil. Thor, a neo-fascist organization born out of the Nazi defeat in Europe, is ready to take over the United States. Rabbi Ben Zvi Kantorwicz, an escapee from Auschwitz, is on trial for the murder of a neo-Fascist thug who had just beaten an old orthodox rabbi to death in front of his 7 year old granddaughter and a silent crowd of onlookers. His organization, the Aleph Bet, born out of the same hellish time is determined to stop them. From the nightmare that was Auschwitz, to the courtrooms of New York City, to the politics of Denver, Colorado, The Aleph Bet races against time to stop Thor and its fascist plot to take over the government of the United States, one state at a time, and remake the democracy into the face of Hitler’s Lebensborn experiment. A new world order of blond-haired, blue-eyed super people with a hand-raised American president as its Fuhrer. Can the Aleph Bet succeed? Or is it already too late?

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Set in 1960s America, this breakneck historical page-turner takes on the fallout of the Second World War, as a remnant of the defeated Nazis has crept into the United States, with the intent to seize control of the country. Fascist-driven crimes and murders against Jewish people are occurring on American soil, while crowds stand by, silently watching. Enter Aleph Bet, a vigilante Jewish brotherhood, self-described as “an organization born out of the ashes of Auschwitz and committed to the discovery and punishment of all surviving Nazis,” who take the law into their own hands and repay the atrocities being committed against their people.

Rabbi Ben Zvi Kantorwicz, an Auschwitz survivor, is a leader in the Aleph Bet and a legendary protector who’s successfully hunted down each of his targets, save one—a German war colonel named Helmut Mussman, currently headquartered in Denver, Colorado, who’s managed to evade capture and is now driving the attempted takeover of the remnant Nazis. When Ben Zvi finds himself on trial in 1964 for avenging the murder of a Jewish grandfather, his Auschwitz history with Mussman crops up in more ways than one, and Shabel (author of Four Women) expertly bounces the story between the novel’s present timeline and Auschwitz in the 1940s.

The plot brims with twists and conspiracies, delivering fast-paced thrills while wrestling with themes of discrimination and the morality of revenge, as the Aleph Bet leaders seek to answer just how far they should go to protect their own—and when the killing will stop, if ever. Shabel’s experience as an attorney is evident throughout, illuminated in his believable courtroom scenes that are rich with dramatic flair and rhetoric, though the graphic violence and murders are not for the squeamish. For fans of history-driven suspense paired with intense action, this is a gripping read.

Takeaway: Breakneck Nazi-hunting page-turner in the aftermath of World War II.

Comparable Titles: Joseph Kanon’s The Accomplice, Alan Elsner’s The Nazi Hunter.

Production grades
Cover: A
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: N/A
Editing: A-
Marketing copy: A

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