TheChoice:OneKiller?OrTenInnocents?France,1941.ThesmalltownofDinonisunderGermanoccupation.MaxDuval,itsmayor,appearstohaveacceptedtheGermanpresenceandencourageshiscitizenstodothesame.HeownstheHotelPicardie,whosemostimportantresidentisMajorEgonWolff--Germancommandant.Then,aResistanceteamkillstwoGermantroopers,andtheuneasycalmofDinonisshattered.Oneoftheassassins,theheadstrongandbeautifulSophieCarriere,takesrefugeintheHotelPicardie.Despitehisdisapprovaloftheassassinations,Maxkeepshersafe.SophieaccusesMaxofconspiringtheattacks,butMaxisnocollaborator--hehashisownsecretmethodsofresistance,whichSophiehasnowjeopardized.DangerescalateswhenSophiediscoversthetruthaboutMax’sresistancework,andsheandMaxaredrawntooneanother.EgonWolffdecreesthattencitizenswillbeexecutedunlessthemissingassassinissurrendered.Maxfacesaterriblechoice:sacrificeSophieandbetraythecauseoffreedomforwhichtheyarebothworking--orletinnocentcitizensgototheirdeaths.PerfectforfansofLeonUrisandAlanFurst
