1945. The day before Hitler commits suicide he arranges for Reichsleiter Martin Bormann to flee from Berlin. 1992. Sean Dillon, the elusive terrorist from Eye of the Storm, is facing a firing squad in war-torn Yugoslavia. At the last minute his life is saved by his old nemesis, Brigadier General Charles Ferguson, in exchange for his help on a job for the British Government in the Caribbean. The wreck of Bormann's U-boat has been discovered, including the captain's diary and Bormann's briefcase that contains high-level, top-secret documents that could destroy the monarchy. Someone high within the British Government is determined to reveal the newly discovered secrets for his own sinister reasons... unless they can stop him.

Jack Higgins is the author of the action-adventure thrillers Night of the Fox,Luciano's Luck, and The Year of the Tiger, as well as the mega-bestselling The Eagle has Landed, which became a major motion picture. He also writes under the pen names of Martin Fallon, Hugh Marlowe, and James Graham.