A nerve-shredding, intelligence thriller about the first plot to kill Hitler, from bestseller Michael Ridpath.

Arriving in Nazi Germany, Englishman Conrad de Lancey feels sick at heart. Even Berlin – infamous haven of decadence and vice – salutes fascism. Himmler's black-shirted troops rule the city, and every German arm bears a Swastika. But does every German heart belong to Hitler? When Conrad is arrested by the Gestapo on suspicion of spying, he is rescued by Theo, an old friend from university, now a lieutenant of the Wehrmacht. Together they are drawn into a world of danger and deceit, of plots, paranoia and intrigue where the brave few are united by a single ambition: to free the fatherland from the Führer.

"Ridpath's novel carries all the hallmarks of his previous books, with the tension building ever-tighter" - Daily Mail

"A persuasive period-set novel that boasts all the intellectual rigour and sheer storytelling nous that distinguishes Michael Ridpath's best work" - Good Book Guide