Shunned by her long-time neighbors at the height of World War II, German immigrant Sophie Heller finds her family wrongfully blamed for a tragic train accident and is unexpectedly defended by a handsome high-school teacher.

"The New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan returns with a gripping novel inspired by the true story of Operation Paperclip: a controversial secret US intelligence program that employed former Nazis after WWII. Berlin, Germany, 1930—When the Nazis rise to power, Sofie von Meyer Rhodes and her academic husband benefit from the military ambitions of Germany’s newly elected chancellor when Jürgen is offered a high-level position...