Novel Tells of Britain's Stand Against the Terror of Nazi Air Attack

In the fall of 1940, in his quest for world domination, Adolf Hitler terrorized the city of London with nightly bomb attacks. This is the setting for, "The Fate of Generations," a novel about an American war correspondent's adventures in war-torn England.

In the summer of 1940, Adolf Hitler smugly thought that he could conquer England in six weeks. As it turned out, he didn't take Britain at all. In fact, the Germans didn't even fight any land battles on British soil. But, beginning in September of 1940, Hitler did terrorize the city of London with nightly bomb attacks, and this is the setting for, "The Fate of Generations," a novel about an American war correspondent's adventures in England during the Blitz.

Written by R. J. Thomas, "The Fate of Generations" tells the story of Roger Collins, a New York-based wire service reporter who, literally on the flip of a coin, finds himself in the place that was Hitler's current target in his march to world domination. In October of 1940, as Britain stands strong against the terror of Nazi air attack, Collins gets a first-hand view of the English people---the servicemen, the civilians, and the volunteers alike. Along the way he meets an eccentric cast of characters who display a colorful mix of courage, fear, humor, and indifference in the face of nightly raids on their fair city.

Collins also meets and becomes enchanted with Teresa Hutchinson, a talented stage actress who, unfortunately for Collins, is engaged to one of his long-time friends. Two years earlier, Teresa had appeared in a hit play in London at a prominent theater, the Regal-Woodsworth, before the likes of Winston Churchill. When the Blitz begins, the theater is destroyed, but Teresa wants to go back and see if there is anything left of the place that she has such fond memories of. Collins agrees to take her, and their journey to the Regal-Woodsworth, and the adventures the trip leads them into, is the heart of the novel.

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