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The Devil’s Alchemists By A.R. Homer 2008, Lumina Press, $ 13.45 ISBN # 978-1-59526-503-6 Reviewed by Andrew Lubin There are many fiction stories coming out the war in Europe, and “The Devil’s Alchemists” is certainly one of the most unique. A blend of fact and fiction, Author A.R. Homer presents a plausible situation where the Nazi’s blackmail Jewish scientists to help them develop an atomic bomb prior to America. Homer skillfully blends the known facts of the Nazi atomic program – which was started by the many German Jewish scientists who fled to America - with the conceivable idea that the Nazi’s could have blackmailed them by threatening to send their families to the death camps. Homer is a good writer with a fine eye for detail. His characters are well-developed, and their dialogue accurately reflects society of that time period. Could the scenario “The Devil’s Alchemists” presents have happened? The actual historical records of the time are brief enough that Homer’s story could well be accurate. Sehr gut !
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