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Reviewed by Clabe Polk for Readers' Favorite
Adolph Hitler is faced with the Allied bombing of the German industry, the Nazi failure to subdue England, and a stalemate with Russia. Increased pressure forces Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler into a bitter race to steal new American radar technology. Otto Hauptmann, a SS Colonel and top Nazi spy, is tasked to steal the radar system. Simultaneously, Goering tasks George Nicolaus, his agent in Mexico, to steal it as well. Marine Major Amos Mead, OSS, is assigned to safeguard the radar system, “Orion’s Eye”. With Navy Chief Petty Officer Harmon Wetmore, Merchant Marine Lieutenant Donovan Gochais, and many other military and OSS contacts, Mead works to foil the Nazi plan as Orion’s Eye leaves San Francisco aboard the USAT Cape San Juan, along with the USAAC 1st Fighter Control Squadron, the 855th Engineer Company (Aviation), and the 253rd Ordnance Company (Aviation) bound for Australia.
In Code Name: Orion’s Eye, Tom Gauthier threads fiction around true events that occurred in the South Pacific in October 1943. In my opinion, Tom Gauthier has packed suspense, intrigue, and reading enjoyment into this military novel. Gauthier presents well-developed characters, most of whom are based on real, named, unsung heroes of World War II. Other characters and interactions are fictional. I felt real tension as Gochais, confined to a ship, must find a traitor among the officers on board. I found Code Name: Orion’s Eye to be a fine wartime adventure story; entertaining, historically educational, and well worth the read for lovers of war, intrigue, and action books.
