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Wilbur Smith returns to his legendary Courtney Series with a brand new World War II thriller.

1943. The tide of the Second World War is turning. The Russian victory at Stalingrad - the  bloodiest battle in history - has opened the door for the Allies. Now, they must strike  decisively at the heart of Hitler's Reich. But military success cannot be guaranteed without  total secrecy.

Special Operations Executive, Saffron Courtney, is sailing from the west coast of Scotland to New York on the Queen Mary. Her mission - to identify the mole in the British Embassy in  Washington, DC before Churchill and Roosevelt begin the talks that w ill determine British  and American military strategy in the wake of the Russian victory.

Haunted by the ghosts of her previous mission in the Low Countries, and with dangerous  agents on her tail, Saffron must find the spy w ho could derail the Allied advance. Time is  running out. Will Saffron complete her mission? Or will she succumb to the shadows of her past?