{"product_id":"saboteur-9781738232307","title":"Saboteur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eSaboteur\u003c\/strong\u003e is a well-crafted historical thriller that successfully blends fact with fiction. I wholeheartedly rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.\" - Macreen Ouko OnlineBookClub.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fine work of historical fiction, smartly conceived and elegantly executed. Absolutely compelling.\" - David Pitt in the Winnipeg Free Press. Follow him on X @bookfella.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 6 December 1917, in the middle of WWI, the French ammunition ship, \u003cem\u003eMont Blanc\u003c\/em\u003e, exploded in Halifax harbour, killing over 2,000 people. History records this catastrophe as the largest ever man-made explosion before Hiroshima.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat history does not mention is the account of Ben Stendt, a German-Canadian saboteur who in 1916 managed to blow up several ships delivering war supplies to England and France days after they sailed from the port of Halifax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor does history mention the role of agents of the German government operating in New York, enlisting Stendt in their plot to blow up the \u003cem\u003eMont Blanc\u003c\/em\u003e when it reaches Halifax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the explosion an accident?\u003cstrong\u003e Saboteur\u003c\/strong\u003e is the untold story of those events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kevin Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50490140885266,"sku":"9781738232307","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c894c671-166e-4025-973f-3cf1cec137da.jpg?v=1773737703","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saboteur-9781738232307","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}