Operation Second Chance

by Owen Conlon

January 1942. Hitler has dragged the Third Reich further towards its own doom by declaring war on the United States.
It is another huge blow to the anti-Nazi figures within Germany hoping to overthrow him and pull the country back from the abyss.
Then details emerge of plans to mass murder Jews within the occupied territories to the east.
As chances of a negotiated peace recede further, Abwehr agent Ako Wolff is again sent to seek Allied support for a coup d'état before it is too late.
However, the Nazi true believers he previously evaded are still pursuing him. This time, they have the evidence to bring him down - or force him to sacrifice his fellow plotters instead.
To escape, he will have to go directly up against the most dangerous of them all, SS General Reinhard Heydrich.

508 pages, Paperback

Published September 19, 2025

About the author

Owen Conlon is a Sunday Times bestselling author who writes spy fiction exploring the complicated intricacies of World War II. He is the author of three novels and a novella in the Ako Wolff series, which details the real attempts by the German Resistance to overthrow Hitler. The novella is available free to read here: www.owenconlon.com/freebook. Owen has also co-written two non-fiction books on gangland crime.

Reviews

[Lucas]

Written by a friend of a friend. Does what it says on the tin. Good for that dad that not only watches WWII docs but also reads all those popular history books he gets for Xmas/fathers day/birthdays. This and the first book in the series could be either more hard-boiled or more le Carré to be more to my personal taste. They're a bit too naively romantic and the writing does way too much telling when it could use some restraint, subtext, artistry. Could make a decent TV series.