The Loki Project - Hardcover

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Benjamin King serves as command historian for the U. S. Army Transportation Center and Fort Eustis. He served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles), and was awarded both the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. King's military service has included work with the Pershing missile systems, and his experience and knowledge have led to published articles in Field Artillery Journal and Vietnam magazine, as well as an appearance on the Discovery Channel's Machines That Won the War . His two other historical novels, A Bullet for Stonewall and A Bullet for Lincoln, are both published by Pelican.

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"Ben King has woven a masterpiece of historical fiction. His artful blend of historical facts about Nazi Germany and a masterful writing style has created an exciting suspense-filled thriller about the German nuclear research program of World War II. I could not put down the book."
-Timothy J. Kutta, coauthor, Impact: The History of Germany's V Weapons in World War II

The fate of the Fatherland lies in just one man--not Adolf Hitler, but Dr. Maximilian Lamm, professor of physics, SS officer, and would-be-inventor of the atomic bomb.

Convinced that the secret to victory lies within the mysteries of the atom, Lamm embarks on his obsessive mission, despite the fact that atomic research has been outlawed as "Jewish physics."

He will succeed at any cost.

Or will he?

Can Lamm overcome bureaucratic, economic, and scientific obstacles in his quest to win the war? Can he keep the Loki Project hidden from the prying eyes of both the Allies and the Resistance? Can he create the weapon that will level the enemy while simultaneously elevating the Fatherland to the upper echelons of power?

In this startling novel that wonders "What if . . .?", anything is possible--even the unthinkable.

Author Benjamin King is the command historian for the U. S. Army Transportation Center and Fort Eustis. He served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles), and was awarded both the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. King's military service has also included work with the Pershing missile systems, and his experience and expertise have led to published articles in Field Artillery Journal and Vietnam magazine, as well as an appearance on the Discovery Channel's Machines That Won the War. His two other critically acclaimed historical novels, A Bullet for Stonewall and A Bullet for Lincoln, are both published by Pelican.

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May 18, 1939

While the War Ministry examined the feasibility of a uranium bomb, Dr. Maximilian Lamm labored in the Racial Science Section under the inane instruction of his superior, Obersturmbannf�hrer von Bartz, who could not begin to comprehend the devastating power of the atom.

Lamm knew better . . . and he knew that rank had its privileges.

As the second-highest ranking officer in the department, Lamm ordered his three subordinates to procure for him any and all information available on atomic physics.

"Excuse me, Herr Untersturmf�hrer," Loring asked, "but why is atomic physics so important?"

Lamm's mind searched for an answer to satisfy Loring. "Scharf�hrer Loring, how crafty are the Jews?"

"I don't understand the question, Herr Untersturmf�hrer," Loring said.

"Hmm," Lamm remarked. "What if I told you the Jews have accidentally discovered one of the basic secrets of the universe, and that this secret was the key to unlocking, theoretically at least, enormous power. Could you believe that?"
Loring thought for a moment and grinned. "Considering the skill they have shown in stealing from us Germans, why not?"

"Good," Lamm said. "Imagine, then, that once they discovered this power, they found that they did not have the capability to exploit it. Despite all their wealth and influence they lacked the one thing that would enable them to capitalize on this power--a nation."

Loring's eyes widened in amazement. "Then that is why they wished to subvert the Fatherland?" Loring asked.
"Very good! That's one of the reasons," Lamm continued. "Now, once a nation had this power under its control, it would be the strongest nation on earth."

"And Germany now has this power?" Bittner asked.

"No," Lamm told him, "Unfortunately not. The Jews are crafty. Too long have we underestimated them. The F�hrer has said so, has he not? They realized they could not use this power immediately because they didn't have a nation. Fearing that others might discover this power, they hid it by developing plausible but misleading theories that the world accepted as true. In 1938, Professor Hahn unlocked the key to the mystery and exposed the plot. Now this power will be ours as soon as we develop it. The Racial Science Section can help by monitoring everything that is published and identifying what is true and what is false. . . . Are there any more questions?" The three of them shook their heads. "Heil Hitler!" Lamm said, raising his arm.

"Heil Hitler!" they said, returning the salute.

After they left, Lamm sat down at his desk. He really didn't know what he was going to do with all the information on atomic physics. All that claptrap about "Jewish physics" was fine for people like von Bartz and Loring. Since they believed that sort of nonsense it made them feel that they understood the problem. It was also a good method for Lamm to get his way. Only he understood what was really at stake-the intellectual dominance of the Fatherland. Just precisely what part atomic physics would play, he didn't know, but his instinct told him it was the key to what he wanted.