THE BLACK WIND by F. Paul Wilson

This book works well as a behind the scenes World War 2 thriller. It tries to work in a horror element, which is overshadowed by the war itself and the relationship between the two main characters, plus its overall libertarian theme.

The way both characters manage to be both main players and present at the pivotal events (Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima) it well organized but still somewhat incredible. I could believe that they'd both be in their respective Intelligence services.

Did President Roosevelt deliberately invite the attack on Pearl Harbor to draw Americans into the war? I don't know the facts. If it's true, I don't regard it as a betrayal as Wilson and others do. Would it have been better to wait until Hitler consolidates his European victories and Japan consolidates its Asian victories? Maybe they both would have avoided war with us while they enslaved those continents. Would we be a better country knowing that we stood by while that happened?