Paul Hashagen was a member of FDNY’s Rescue 1 for over twenty years. His anecdotal
history of FDNY, A Distant Fire, is
undoubtedly one of the best books dmc ever published. We are, therefore, very
proud to publish Paul’s new work of historical fiction, The Twelfth Hour.
The time is 1918.
American troops are fighting in Europe, but German
saboteurs have brought the war to the streets of New York City. Craig von Bell is a German agent trained to disrupt,
damage or destroy American warships, supply ships, munitions warehouses. His weapon of choice is arson. Federal, state and city law enforcement
officials are convinced that no German agents are operating in New York City. They all refuse to admit that the wave of arson
fires plaguing the city’s waterfront and warehouses could be sabotage.
All except Wes Causey,
one of the FDNY’s few arson investigators. Causey knows the
fires are the work of a German saboteur who will eventually strike terror into
the hearts and souls of the people of New York City.
Now all Wes has to do is
find the terrorist.
With a wonderful
appreciation of New
York City’s and
FDNY’s history and with precise attention to the details of actual firegrounds,
Paul Hashagen’s The Twelfth Hour is a novel of the past that touches our
present in very, very important ways.
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