North Africa, 1943. A lone soldier in a stolen German uniform staggers into a British camp, the sole survivor of a failed infiltration. His name is not British—it is German, and he is a Jew who fled Berlin only to return to war, carrying vengeance in place of patriotism.
Brought to Sicily to recover, he is recruited into a new unit: X Troop. Its members are European Jews who escaped Hitler’s reach, only to be trained as commandos to strike back at the Reich. They are “lost boys,” fluent in the enemy’s tongue, burning with grief and rage.
Based on little-known true history, Steven Hartov’s The Last of the Seven is a lyrical, haunting novel of courage, vengeance, and sacrifice in World War II.
