02360cam a2200397 i 4500 1164646879 TxAuBib 20180205120000.0 170515s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496712271 trade paperback 1496712277 trade paperback (OCoLC)986911708 YDX eng rda YDX BDX TOH OCLCQ NZTPP VTL LE@ NFR UAP TXKYL IEP IMT TxAuBib rda Alexander, V. S, author. The taster / V.S. Alexander. New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2018] ©2018. 320 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes readers guide. Includes bibliographical references (page 320). In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty--working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Führer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned. Perched high in the Bavarian Alps, the Berghof seems worlds away from the realities of battle. Though terrified at first, Magda gradually becomes used to her dangerous occupation--though she knows better than to voice her misgivings about the war. But her love for a conspirator within the SS and her growing awareness of the Reich's atrocities draw Magda into a plot that will test her wits and loyalty in a quest for safety, freedom, and, ultimately, vengeance. 20180205. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Fiction. Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany) Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Germany Fiction. Anti-Nazi movement Germany Fiction. Nazis Fiction. Young women Fiction. Poisoning Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. TXKIP