The Melody of
Secrets is an epic
love story set
against the 1960s
U.S. space program,
when deeply-buried
secrets could
threaten not just a
marriage, but a
country.
Maria was barely
eighteen as WWII was
coming to its
explosive end. A
brilliant violinist,
she tried to comfort
herself with the
Sibelius Concerto as
American bombs
rained down. James
Cooper wasn't much
older. A roguish
fighter pilot
stationed in London,
he was shot down
during a daring
night raid and
sought shelter in
Maria’s cottage.
Fifteen years later,
in Huntsville,
Alabama, Maria is
married to a German
rocket scientist who
works for the
burgeoning U.S.
space program. Her
life in the South is
at peace,
purposefully
distanced from her
past. Everything is
as it should
be—until James
Cooper walks back
into it.
Pulled from the
desert airfield
where he was testing
planes no sane Air
Force pilot would
touch, and drinking
a bit too much,
Cooper is offered
the chance to work
for the government,
and move himself to
the front of the
line for the
astronaut program.
He soon realizes
that his job is to
report not only on
the rocket engines
but also on the
scientists
developing them.
Then Cooper learns
secrets that could
shatter Maria’s
world... |

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