THE SWORD IS DRAWN
by Andre Norton
In outline this sounds like a thriller. Lorens has been smuggled out of Holland in 1940; his grandfather has provided for his secret return in 1942 to recover a hidden necklace, and use the proceeds for the Dutch Underground. In the meantime, his adventures take him to the Dutch Indies — to England — and back, via Underground, to Holland, — and after terrific risks — success. Unfortunately, the subplot confuses the issues; the pace should be faster, the style more incisive, the moral tone less obvious.