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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

That night, Major General Konrad March was his usual gruff but hospitable self, betraying no hint that he might suspect that one of the young men he’d welcomed into his home was a spy. He had confiscated from a black marketeer a deluxe version of an American board game called Monopoly, new to him and his son. The fisherman and tutor grasped the point of the game right away, and they played as a foursome until eleven o’clock, when Hans escorted a sleepy Wilhelm to bed. His guests were on the point of departure when the telephone rang in the library. “Just a moment, gentlemen, and I will see you out,” Konrad, ever the punctilious host, instructed as he stepped from the room to answer the call. Brad tiptoed to the partially open door and cocked his ear.

“…And you have proof beyond a doubt that it was the major who betrayed our brave agents? A sad loss to us, Colonel. I was sure you could persuade him to talk,” Brad heard him say.

Brad quickly rejoined Chris in the vestibule before the general reappeared with a sagging face. “Bad news?” Chris asked.

“I am afraid so. I’ve just learned that one of our own is a traitor to our cause. He disclosed classified information to an enemy intelligence agency. Well, good evening, gentlemen. Thank you for coming.”

Outside beyond hearing range of the door, Brad spoke in a low timbre, coarse with guilt. “They tortured a poor guy into confessing that he gave the agents’ names to the Allies. They’ll probably execute him.”

“Which means we’re off the hook,” Chris said, “but God have mercy…” He looked away, mouth twisting as if he’d tasted something bitter. “I wonder what other sins we’ll have to live with and account for before this is all over.”

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE

Bucky waited out the week tense, as well, ready to leap out of his skin at the touch of a hand on his shoulder. It was now Monday, November 9, four days since he had left work early to drop a note in the tree at Passy-Auteuil asking for an urgent meeting. “In case of extreme emergency,” his father had said. The “emergency” was a chip it galled Bucky to squander. Bucky wanted to hold it in reserve for a true crisis, for which the saving of the likes of Dirk Drechsler did not qualify, but he couldn’t risk the traitor turning him over to the Abwehr. His other option was to depart the boardinghouse one fine morning and never go back, leave the sergeant to wait in vain for his evening return, but exfiltration wasn’t the answer, either. He still had to get his hands on those blueprints of the gun facility underway in the French Alps.