Swan tales

"loaded with intrigues and espionage mixed with the joys of a young man discovering his newly-found sexuality. i could not put it down until the completely unexpected ending." the reader avidly follows the story of jean-paul petri during the insouciant years that precede world war ii and the somber ones during the nazi occupation. at the beginning, jean-paul may strike the reader as an arrogant, devil-may-care teenager preoccupied with his physical satisfaction while obsessed with the ideals of justice and disgusted with pre-war politicians. his charismatic appeal stems from his feeling of invincibility, but the blind trust he constantly shows for his lucky star makes him almost overbearing at times. however, after he succeeds in joining the resistance, all chapters depict his enthusiastic struggle against the enemy. all doubts about him vanish as he emerges as a bright and unselfish idealist. he faces one crisis after another that he and his sensuous mistress jacqueline nguyen must solve. the multitude of sexual situations that invariably seem to accompany their assignments increase the readers desire to know what else can possibly happen and whether they will make it in time. as the story unfolds, the reader happily follows his gradual transformation into a compassionate young man who never deviated from his ideals of justice and liberty for all.