Based on a true story
She'll light the fire of resistanceâbut she may get burned âŚ
1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellatâs life is over. Sheâs estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonneâolder, diminutive, overlookedâhas lost all purpose. Until sheâs offered a chance to remake herself entirely âŚ
The war has taken a turn for the worse, and the men in charge are desperate. So when Yvonne is recruited as Britainâs first female sabotage agent, expectations are low. But her tenacity, ability to go unnoticed, and aptitude for explosives set her apart. Soon enough she arrives in occupied France
with a new identity, ready to set the Nazi regime ablaze.
But there are adversaries on all sides. As Yvonne becomes infamous as the nameless, unstoppable woman who burns the enemy at every turn, she realizes she may lose herself to the urgent needs of the cause âŚ
âA mother. A spy. A saboteur ⌠I canât imagine a more heroic woman than Yvonne Rudellat.ââDiane Hanks, author of The Woman with a Purple Heart