From an acclaimed New Yorker writer, The Comet is the thrilling true story of Dédée de Jongh, the young woman who led a crucial World War II escape network, risking her life to rescue hundreds of Allied airmen.During the Second World War, there was no more dangerous activity for a civilian in Nazi-occupied Europe than helping a downed Allied airman escape to Britain. To a young Belgian woman named Andrée “Dédée” de Jongh, the risks were worthwhile...

From an acclaimed New Yorker writer, The Comet is the thrilling true story of Dédée de Jongh, the young woman who led a crucial World War II escape network, risking her life to rescue hundreds of Allied airmen.During the Second World War, there was no more dangerous activity for a civilian in Nazi-occupied Europe than helping a downed Allied airman escape to Britain. To a young Belgian woman named Andrée “Dédée” de Jongh, the risks were worthwhile...

“An outstanding book.” —The Wall Street Journal * “Gripping at every turn.” —Outside * “A hell of a ride.” —The Times (London)An extraordinary true story about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure.In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceive...