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Thriller · 1978 · PG-13

The Holcroft Covenant

by Robert Ludlum

A New York architect is given a secret mission: distribute a billion dollars left by Nazi generals to heal the world.

The Fourth Reich is waiting to be born. The only man who can stop it is about to sign its birth certificate. In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world-to be concealed until the 1970's, when they would come of age. Then the most elaborate plans and $780 million in a Swiss bank would be waiting. There would even be an unsuspecting outsider to set the plan into action. that outsider is Noel Holcroft, the American son of a high-ranking Nazi. He's just been shown an amazing document, the Holcroft Covenant. If he signs, it will be his own death warrant and a dev

For14+GenreThrillerLength420 pagesRead time~11 hours

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Violence

Some

Violence; assassinations; chase sequences

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief adult content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Themes of inherited guilt, manipulation, and whether good ends can justify deceptive means

What this book is about

Ludlum's 1978 thriller follows Noel Holcroft, son of a Nazi financier, who learns that four Nazi generals secretly set aside nine billion dollars to be used for good — but the document comes with deadly strings attached. For adults.

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Psychological manipulation

Nazi history

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