It’s July 1944, and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich following the failed

assassination attempt
on Adolf Hitler’s life on July 20, 1944. Their search takes them to Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on
the Nazi atomic bomb project. The young scientist is unaware
that he is harboring
a deep secret that threatens his livelihood and his life.

At the same time, Gabi Mueller (pictured on the cover)
is a young Swiss-American woman working for the newly formed American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which was the forerunner to the CIA. At a crucial juncture in World War II, her life and Joseph Engel’s are about to intersect. In a time of traitors and uncertainty, whom can she trust?

This action-driven novel, three years in development, takes readers along treacherous twists and turns during a fascinating—and deadly—time in history.