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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

The day of the takeover, Konrad calculated how soon he had to get the wheels in motion to get his son out of France before Admiral Canaris was arrested. He had long expected that he himself would go down with the admiral’s ship. It was for Wilhelm that he wished an escape route. He sent Hans to ask Barnard Wagner to come to his house the following evening and to telephone Claus Bauer at the school to say that he had something urgent to discuss with him.

The following evening, Hans ushered Brad and Chris into his superior’s study without Wilhelm aware that they were in the house. No table of food or schnapps was laid out. Konrad was already seated behind his desk and gestured them to take a seat before it. He noted they showed him their usual deference, unlike the shift in the esteem colleagues and acquaintances were already paying him now that he had lost his exalted position. Nazi-controlled newspapers in Paris had been quick to report the Abwehr’s abolishment and its chief’s demotion.

The young men regarded him expectantly. Konrad interlocked his hands on his desk and said solemnly, “Gentlemen, I am aware that you are Americans working for your country’s intelligence organization, the OSS.” He raised a hand lest they speak. “Do not try to deny it. I have irrefutable proof, but you must not fear. I support your cause, and I have an extreme favor to ask of you.”

CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO

CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO

The following morning, Chris dropped a message for transmission through the mail slot that called for an emergency meeting with the Frenchman that day at the book and tea shop, usual time. He and Limpet had information that must be delivered face-to-face. That afternoon, at four o’clock, Brad and Chris entered the café separately. The CLOSED sign hung in the window. The Frenchman sat in his corner reading and smoking his usual vile-smelling Gauloises. Once the young operatives were seated, he moved to the table and listened patiently while Chris explained that Major General Konrad March had known for more than a year that they were Americans trained as OSS agents. He did not explain how the man had come by his information.

“Mon Dieu!” exclaimed the Frenchman. “And he hasn’t had you arrested?”

“He wants an Allied victory as much as we do, it seems, to save Germany and France from destruction,” Brad said. “At first, Lapwing and I wondered if he wasn’t laying a trap for us, but when our intel proved genuine and we weren’t arrested, we figured that maybe he was just being careless after all.”

“So now the general feels that if Canaris is arrested for treason, he will be, too,” Chris added.

“I would say he has a point,” Henri said. “We have reason to believe that even Erwin Rommel, Germany’s favorite general, is under suspicion. So what does the general want? Asylum?”