Nathan Silverman escaped to the US from Germany in 1938 with only his mother’s wedding ring to sell. His Jewish family is still in danger and Nathan is desperate to find out what happened to them and rescue them if possible. While studying at Columbia, he spots a recruitment poster and decides to enlist in the Army. Because of his German language skills and knowledge of the country, he is almost immediately given a special assignment and trained as a spy.
His mission will be to try to help a German scientist and friend of his father’s who wants to defect and may be able to help on the Manhattan Project. In his mission, Nathan is joined by Dr. Allison Fisher, a nuclear scientist, who speaks French and would be in a position to determine how much progress Germany has made in developing an atomic bomb.
The book is filled with dangerous situations as the couple progress through Germany disguised as a Wehrmacht officer and his French girlfriend. As the mission progresses so does the attraction between Nathan and Allison.
The pace is reasonably fast. The only problem is the rather pedantic discussions to bring the reader up to speed on the science. The dialog is more of a data dump than the way people talk. However, having a great deal about the Manhattan Project and the science behind it, I found the book both scientifically and historically accurate.
If you enjoy romantic spy novels with a historical background. This is a good one.
I received this book from St. Martin’s Press for this review.
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