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Stephen Maitland-Lewis | A Gripping Tale of an Alternate History and Suspense
Author Guest / June 12, 2023

1–What is the title of your latest release? LEGACY OF ATONEMENT   2—What’s the elevator pitch for your new book? In the spring of 1959, a seemingly minor mistake in a wire transfer at a Swiss bank leads to the discovery of a plot by the CIA to launch a nuclear attack on the leaders of the USSR and China to install Hitler, who is still alive and hiding in South America, as the leader of Western Europe.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It had to begin in Switzerland, and specifically Geneva, on account of it having the most established and sophisticated secret banking facilities at that time.   4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes, but he was so obsessed with business, which cost him his marriage, and the quest on which my book focuses, that I doubt mere hanging out would interest him unless there was a legitimate reason to justify spending time together.   5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Energetic, loyal and fearless.   6—What’s something you learned while writing this book? To persevere and not to give up despite constant edits…