Regardless, it is refreshing to see famous women from history being celebrated and remembered, whether it be for their amazing achievements and heroism, or, in the case of the Huntress, for their boundless brutality. The Huntress too, is a powerful female character, but for all the wrong reasons.

(‘From the moment Nina steps into the story, she owns it.’ Washington Post). Nina is incredibly fierce and determined, a feminist icon of her time, dismantling the military gender divide. Of particular note are the characters, especially the women. Combining three separate timelines that build towards a dramatic showdown and told from three different perspectives, Kate Quinn weaves a stunning tapestry of stories and characters. The Huntress is a gripping novel about war, revenge, justice, and triumph. Delving into her stepmother’s past, Jordan uncovers clues that threaten both the safety and happiness of her new family, revealing that this woman may not be who she claims to be after all… When the pair hit it off immediately and get married not long after, Jordan’s suspicions begin to grow, and she can’t help but feel uneasy about the strange, softly spoken German woman with whom her father is inexplicably enamored. Years later, in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is both delighted and surprised when her long-widowed father claims to have met someone new.

His only hope of hunting her down lies in Nina, the sole witness to have escaped the Huntress’s grip and lived to tell the tale. After the war, Ian abandons his journalism roots to become a Nazi hunter, but the one target he most wants to destroy, the Huntress, continues to evade him.

Ian Graham is a British war correspondent who has witnessed a great deal of horrors, from Omaha Beach to the Nuremburg Trials.

Nina’s bravery however, is tested when she is downed behind enemy lines, and comes face-to-face with a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress. (Never heard of them before? Neither had I). On the icy edge of Soviet Russia, Nina joins an all-female bomber regiment known as the *‘Night Witches,’ a group of brave, bold women committed to wreaking havoc on Hitler’s eastern front who actually existed. Nina Markova is bold and reckless – and, above all else, she is determined to fight back against Hitler’s regime.

The huntress a novel