Christopher Reich dazzled readers and defied expectations with his New
York Times bestseller, Numbered Account, a breathtaking classic of
modern suspense. Now Reich returns to the world of international
thrillers with a no-holds-barred powerhouse of a novel set against the
seething backdrop of post--World War II Germany....
July 1945. U.S. attorney Devlin Judge has come to Europe as part of an
international tribunal to try Nazi war criminals. But Judge has his own
personal agenda: to find Erich Siegfried Seyss, the man responsible for
his brother's death.
An SS officer and former Olympic sprinter, Seyss has just escaped from a
POW camp, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. But he won't escape
Devlin Judge.
Between the two men are miles of German countryside ... and the
beautiful daughter of one of Nazi Germany's most powerful families -- a
woman loved by them both.
But as Judge hunts his prey across a devastated nation, he finds himself
caught up in a staggering conspiracy. Because Erich Seyss is no rogue SS
killer. He is a man running a final race to make one last, unforgettable
contribution to the Fatherland. And he is acting on orders from the last
person anyone would ever suspect.