First published 2012
October 1945. The war has ended, but Cletus Frade's work with the OSS has just gotten more dangerous. The United States has struck a clandestine bargain with the chief of German intelligence's Soviet division. His operatives will receive safe passage to Argentina in return for exposing Soviet agents inside America's atomic bomb project. Only a select few know about this arrangement. If the secret emerges, the United States will lose critical intelligence sources and face international scandal. Frade must protect these German assets while managing two new crises. A U-boat commander has appeared without warning in Argentina, offering to surrender his vessel and crew. In occupied Germany, an eager counterintelligence officer has pushed his investigation beyond acceptable limits. Both situations threaten to unravel everything Frade and his team have built. The consequences will ripple through their entire operation, forcing them to navigate an increasingly treacherous landscape where former enemies become allies and one wrong move could destroy years of careful planning.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-fiction, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Argentina, Germany, United States
Period: 1945
517 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons