The Ninth Man is a novel set in World War II, written by John Lee, inspired by real events, Operation Pastorius, and set in the United States.

[1] In 1942, the Germans landed eight saboteurs by submarine, four in New York and four in Florida.

Lee's novel is the fictional story of a ninth agent, who evaded capture.

Lee's first best-seller, The Ninth Man was published by Doubleday in 1976, by Dell in 1977, also in several magazines excerpts, eight foreign languages, a 25-part radio serial for South Africa, and has been optioned for films seven times, though it has not yet reached the screen.

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