Sharon

Driven by an enormous desire to demonstrate her worth as an individual, independent from her materially ambitious parents, Sharon prematurely finds her way into university by altering her birth date and by scholastic achievement qualifies for her MA degree a year early, freeing her to hone her reporting skills as editor of the student newspaper and freelancing at the leading English newspaper of the country. Well-endowed with good looks and sex appeal, she fends off romantic pretenders by the dozen without finding a kindred spirit worthy of her affection. Then she discovers Theo, an Afrikaner of Dutch Reform background in the far left leaning Student Representative Council. Using her media skills she begins supporting his struggle against the wartime fascists, who had clandestinely infiltrated the security forces of the country. As they expose more infiltrators at progressively senior levels, danger escalates and culminates in the kidnapping of his great love, Teresa. Sharon is actively drawn into liberating Teresa with much involvement of the country's Civil Investigation Division as well as American Intelligence. As Theo reveals his passion for Teresa, it dashes the near term hopes of Sharon for a romantic relationship with him. Still smitten, she continues her journalistic support of Theo and falls prey to an assassination attempt on the Bushvelt farm if his family. Theo shoots the assassin and together they arrest his three accomplices, much to the embarrassment of the Government, which sends Theo into exile. A corrupt magistrate releases the three accomplices who promptly sail to England, intent on killing Theo upon his arrival in Southampton. Theo transfers to a New York bound French ocean liner outside the three mile limit and they attack a fellow-traveler carrying his letters to mail from England. They are apprehended and the ensuing court case draws international attention as Sharon uses the London Times to broadcast the full meaning of the incident by testifying against them in the Southampton court. Seeking safety and still hoping for his love, Sharon joins Theo in Montreal. To continue her journalistic career she undertakes an assignment from the London Times to discover why Otto Strasser, one of the founders of the German National Socialist Party (NAZI), which was later hijacked by Adolf Hitler, is still held under house arrest in Nova Scotia. The shocking discovery of a sinister cabal of Communists, manipulating the American government to keep him in custody, exposes her and Theo to a new round of terror. Her comradeship with Theo deepens into a total commitment in spite of their dueling personalities and diverse ethnic backgrounds. Theo marries Sharon who cons his Dutch Reform parents into lovingly accepting her in spite of her Israeli Jewish background. To properly interview Otto Strasser, Theo uses his influence with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to bring him to a Lodge near Mont Tremblant. To keep their conversations strictly private Sharon and Strasser only talk to each other outdoors on hiking trails. Theo learns that the Lodge has been infiltrated by Communist Union members of the Longshoremen from Halifax and prevails on the RCMP to fly with him to interdict them from a position in the woods above the lodge. When Strasser and Sharon emerge from the Lodge three Communist rifle men become visible on a ledge below their position and Theo opens fire with the sniper rifle loaned to him by the RCMP to take out the gunman closest to the Lodge. The second gunman fires his assault rifle at Theo hitting him in his right leg before the nearest RCMP officer takes him out. The third gunman fires at Strasser and mortally wounds Sharon. She dies, badly injured in the arms of Theo in the hospital, leaving him mortified by the loss of his Sharon.