In Berlin during the late 1930's, a young Paul Christopher struggles with a doomed love affair amid the rising Nazi tide. Before he escapes Germany, however he witnesses an SS officer commit an unspeakable atrocity. Later, at the height of the Cold War, the SS man resurfaces to destroy the last living witness to his crime. It's a case of tiger chasing tiger, as Christopher is hunted by his only equal in skill and instincts. With biting tension and masterful pacing, Charles McCarry delivers a haunting parable of a man confronted with the ghosts of an entire generation's brutal history.