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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 colonel spun the wheel and a flame shot up. The cigarette lighted, he inhaled, then inspected the lighter. The stainless steel case was German manufactured but the inner workings were American made. “German?” he asked Brad.

Was he asking his nationality or manufacturer of the lighter? Panic rising, Brad said, “Ja,” and offered nothing more. In his ear he could hear Major Renault’s voice: Never volunteer information your interrogator has not asked for.

“Shall I buy it from you, freund, say for…thirty francs?”

Friend, he’d called him. Brad stared the regiment leader straight in the eye. He calculated that an abject appeal would not move this man. “It was a present from my grandfather,” he said in a firm voice that made clear the lighter had great sentimental value to him. “It’s not for sale at any price.”

The junior officers looked at their superior to assess what he made of this seaman’s brazen refusal of his offer. The colonel reflected upon Brad for a moment, then handed back the lighter. “Then of course you must not sell it,” he said. He clicked his heels together and thrust out his arm in the Nazi salute. “Heil Hitler!”

Brad repeated the gesture. “Heil Hitler!”

“Auf wiedersehen, Seemann.”

“Auf wiedersehen, Standartenführer,” Brad said. Until we meet again. God, he hoped not. He turned at the next corner and leaned trembling against a shop wall, thankful to the OSS designer for the meticulous deception of the camera as a functioning lighter. A close one, that. From now on Barnard Wagner would carry matches.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

For Chris, known in Paris as Claus Bauer, the Saturday meeting at La Petite Madeleine was the second of the day. That morning, he had met with his contact, a school administrator who held the position of directeur du personnel at the Sorbonne, France’s most prestigious university. Come Monday, Chris would assume his cover as a physical education instructor there. Having agreed with his contact that it was wisest to meet openly to avoid suspicion, he had shown up ahead of time at the appointed place, a favorite hangout of the university staff. Before sitting down, he had peered with a newcomer’s curiosity at the display of artwork, posters, letters, cards, and other memorabilia of the Sorbonne’s famous and illustrious alumni tacked to the tobacco-hennaed walls. In reality, his interest was an excuse to check for quick exits and to be on his feet should the man show up with company. He was then to excuse himself to go to the toilettes, where he would make a fast exit through the back door. Jules knows to come alone. If someone’s with him, assume he’s Gestapo, the major had told him.