The London Spymaker

A Riveting WW2 Historical Saga of Espionage, Love & Betrayal. Inspired by a real story.

De: Hannah Byron

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A World War II historical fiction novel set in wartime London, inspired by real SOE intelligence operations and the legacy of spymaster Vera Atkins, this story follows a woman responsible for recruiting and sending female agents into Nazi-occupied France. Written for readers of Kristin Hannah, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff who are drawn to morally complex espionage stories rooted in real resistance work.

London, 1942. At Baker Street Headquarters, Anna Adams builds lives from secrets and sends women into danger with unwavering resolve. As a senior figure within the Special Operations Executive, she is known for her discipline, her efficiency, and her refusal to look back.

The return of Polish fighter pilot Major Henryk “Hubal” Pilecki fractures that control. Old loyalties resurface. Love collides with duty. Pressured into an arranged marriage meant to erase her origins, Anna learns that survival sometimes demands sacrifice far beyond the battlefield.

When missions begin to fail and her agents vanish one by one, suspicion creeps into the heart of the organisation itself. After the war, Anna sets out on a perilous journey to postwar Germany, determined to uncover what became of the women she sent into occupied territory and to face the truth about the protector who has always remained just out of reach.

A standalone novel within The Resistance Girl Series, The London Spymaker blends women’s historical fiction, espionage, betrayal, and emotional reckoning rooted in real World War II intelligence work. Ideal for readers who seek character-driven wartime stories where leadership, love, and responsibility carry irreversible consequences.

WWII Women

Liked the story centered on the heroics of women.
Machine voice narration was terrible. Multiple words mispronounced, some repeatedly to any annoying degree. This book would be better with a voice actor(s) performing. I’m going to start avoiding books with machine voice.

Narrator

I enjoyed the book. The narrator’s voice did not aline with the story. A British voice should have been used.

The story sounds interesting, but…

The performance of this story is so disconcerting. It is really weird to listen to someone joyfully describe horrific events. I realize this was a virtual AI performance, but someone should’ve listened to it before they posted it. Example: When it was gleefully exclaimed that they actually threw up from the horrid smell, I think the tone is way off. Saying you threw up it’s definitely something that can be an exclamatory statement however it’s usually not exclaimed in a positive way. This will be a book that I will read on my own because the story is good, but the virtual performance on the other hand, not so much. I don’t know who’s error this was, but the author was done a great disservice.

Digital narration is horrible

Great storyline but very poor narration quality. Words are mispronounced and choppy with no emotion.

Good story bad voice

This story has the potential to be the very best but some of the writing was like ChatGPT wrote it and the virtual voice was the final nail in the coffin most words mispronounced and no feeling or reflection at all it totally made it almost impossible to follow along just a shame