First published 2009
Twenty-four-year-old Cletus Frade faces his strangest mission yet in the Office of Strategic Services. He has sprung German Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Frogger from a sweltering Mississippi POW camp, but now comes the hard part. Frade must convince the stubborn officer to betray his own country. Frogger's parents sit in Frade's custody in Argentina, caught up in a Nazi scheme to create South American sanctuaries for fleeing officials after the war ends. They refuse to talk. Frade needs their son to make them cooperate. The stakes climb higher when Frade learns Frogger belonged to a conspiracy targeting Hitler himself. The OSS sees a chance to push the assassination plot forward and end the war early. But enemies close in fast. Colonel Juan Peron leads a mixed force of Germans and Argentinians racing to eliminate the Frogger parents. After that, they plan to kill Frade. Time runs short as the young agent fights to extract vital intelligence while staying alive in a deadly game of international espionage.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-fiction, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Argentina, Mississippi, South America
Period: World War II
483 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons