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Occupied Brittany, 1940 Hearne looked at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. Three hours ago he had joked with the red-haired pilot over a last cup of hot chocolate. Three hours ago he had stood on English earth. Three hours ago he had been Martin Hearne with 27 years of his life behind him. Now he was Bertrand Corlay, with 26 years of another man's life reduced to headings and sub-headings in his memory. He looked down at the faded uniform which had been Corlay's, felt once more for the papers in the inside pocket. All set. He patted the pocked of the tunic with his earth-stained hand, and smiled grimly. From now on, he would not only have to speak, but think, in French ...
Publication Year: 1969
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although marketed as a novel in the spy fiction genre, the latter half of AiB reads more like a romance novel than that of spy fiction. there is still enough of hearne's mission and the atmosphere of war for it to qualify as both, but the sped up romance is jarring to the rest of the text.
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