This historical novel was published on 2 October 2025 by Drava Verlag,
www.drava.at and will be on display at the LEIPZIG BOOKFAIR from 19 – 22 March 2026
Michael Melville
Fallschirmseide
ISBN 978-3-99138-119-8
Hardcover, 234 pages
Franz Weber, a young Tyrolean lieutenant, deserts in 1944 – shocked by the atrocities of the Wehrmacht against civilians. While in Allied captivity, he is recruited by the US intelligence OSS for a daring mission in Tyrol: Together with two American agents, he parachutes over the snow-covered Alps to establish resistance contacts. Every step and every social contact could be their last…
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With Glyn Rogers, Lucie Nash, Amanda Hunt, Gemma Conway, Glyn Maflin, Susan Beer, Ben Davidson, Evelyn Cornell, Steve Scales, John Dennis, Dan Coles and John Henson
Highly commended by the National Theatre’s Panel of Script Readers. (Jessy, Senior Reader. January 7, 2025)
Michael Melville 