A tale of a spy, a dangerous technology, and love in the nuclear age.
London at the start of World War II. Simon Batley wants nothing more to do with British intelligence. Years earlier, as a physics student in Berlin, he worked undercover for them, leading to a catastrophe he never understood and the abrupt end of his love for his classmate Hedi von Treyden.
But the war changes everything. Agent Batley uncovers a new German weapon of unprecedented destructive power. Soon, guided by Niels Bohr and Rudolf Hess, he travels to the Third Reich to track down the enigmatic Hans Kammler, the planner of Mittelbau-Dora and one of the most powerful Nazis, who controls the German secret weapon program.
While trying to acquire German uranium before the Soviets and Americans do, Batley also pursues a personal mission: to find Hedi, uncover what happened in Berlin, and atone for his past.
A story of love and betrayal, the trail of a phantom, and a deadly primal energy: Steffen Kopetzky’s thrilling novel about the hunt for nuclear technology and a man caught between guilt, love, and hope.
