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July 1944, the village of Saint-Agnon-Vercourt, southern eastern France.

Christina Scarbeck sleepily opens her eyes and sees a glowing pink sky

outside her broken hotel window.

The dawn's beauty is at odds with the aerial bombing that's been raging all night.

She gently wriggles out of the sleeping embrace of her spy chief, Francis Camar,

dresses quickly and crosses to the window

to drink in the brief loveliness.

Scarbeck's a pole who has been spying for Britain since the outbreak of World War II.

A few days ago she parachuted into France to help Camar and his local resistance network. But yesterday, the Germans set out to obliterate that resistance in a massive offensive.

A bomb explodes nearby, shaking the hotel and startling Camar awake.

He leaps out of bed, dressing hurriedly.

He stands beside her and watches the bombs drifting smoke darken the dawn light.

He takes her hand. I'd say good morning, but I'm not sure it will be. Scarbeck smiles and kisses his

shoulder. Now what makes you say that? They both tense at the telltale sound of a Luftwaffe bomber coming close.

Scarbeck peers urgently into the sky. The plane banks as it comes into view and heads straight for them.

Frozen in horror, they watch as the plane comes closer, so close they can see the pilot.

The hotel is his target. Gamarroar drops to the floor trying to pull Scarbeck down.

If they release the bomb now, it'll come through this window. But Scarbeck resists, refusing to crouch.

She watches the bay doors open and the bomb begin its flight.

She takes a deep breath.

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