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Chapters (117)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. The Cast of Characters
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. The Recruits
  8. CHAPTER TWO
  9. CHAPTER THREE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. CHAPTER SIX
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT
  15. CHAPTER NINE
  16. CHAPTER TEN
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  23. The Missions
  24. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  25. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  26. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  65. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  66. The Game
  67. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  75. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  76. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  77. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  85. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  86. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  87. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  88. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  89. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
  90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
  91. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
  92. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
  93. HOME
  94. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
  95. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
  96. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
  97. CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
  98. CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
  99. CHAPTER NINETY
  100. CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
  101. CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
  102. CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
  103. CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
  104. CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE
  105. CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
  106. CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
  107. CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT
  108. CHAPTER NINETY-NINE
  109. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED
  110. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE
  111. Acknowledgments
  112. Discover More
  113. About the Author
  114. Reading Group Guide
  115. Discussion Questions
  116. A Conversation with Leila Meacham
  117. ALSO BY LEILA MEACHAM

“Go with Hans, Sohn,” the general said. “I’ll be in shortly.”

“Auf wiedersehen, Herr Wagner,” Wilhelm said, waving a small hand rather than giving the Nazi salute.

“Auf wiedersehen, Wilhelm,” Brad responded.

As they walked away, the general said, “I’d like to give your touring company a try. Make a reservation for me next Saturday, will you? As early in the day as possible with hope you will consent to be my guide. The name is Major General Konrad March, chief of the German intelligence agency in France.” He added with a rueful lift of his lip at Brad’s pretended look of surprise, “I am aware that Captain Allard most often has a full tour roster, but perhaps that title will carry enough weight to secure a spot on his reservation list.”

“I’m sure it will, Herr Major General,” Brad said.

“Good. Now show me some of your flies, if you please.”

“Of course,” Barnard Wagner said, inviting the general to step through the hedge to his tackle box, and thought: Fly into my mouth, said the dragonfly to the moth.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Jules Garnier had made arrangements for Chris to be admitted that Sunday morning into the wing of the Sorbonne allocated for the sons of the Nazi and Vichy elite. Nazi flags and posters showing Hitler’s picture and stating the objectives of the curriculum were hung as Jules had described, further increasing the atmosphere of evil Chris felt the moment he unlocked the door and walked into the chill of a school closed on a cold fall weekend. Physical education instructor Claus Bauer had wanted to acquaint himself with its sports equipment and facilities and to organize his office before meeting his classes the next day. The required reading texts, lesson plans, class roster, and desk materials that Jules had promised would be waiting for him were on his desk. He found that his office was no more than a partitioned area situated between two others obviously thrown together to accommodate additional staff. The makeshift units were windowless and the walls paper-thin. No privacy, then, and no handy exit. Chris sighed.

He had been at his desk an hour when a man filled the open door of his cubicle. “You must be the new math and field sports instructor,” he said.

“I am,” Chris responded, rising, and held out his right hand. “Claus Bauer. And you must be?” He did not have to ask the man’s name. He fit the description Jules Garnier had given: shaved head, small, merciless eyes, thick, brutish body inevitably doomed to flab in time.