A cryptic cablegram tips him off to a German plot to kidnap a famous movie executive, and suddenly things are getting out of control. When his beloved uncle is executed by the SS, Jake embarks on a personal quest to penetrate the Third Reich at the very height of Adolph Hitler’s power.

Completely out of his depth, Jake finds himself on the run through the heart of the Nazi empire. From a Gestapo torture chamber in Berlin, to the London headquarters of British Military Intelligence, to the California offices of William Randolph Hearst, Jake is catapulted from one amazing situation to the next. Betrayal and death are one step behind him, but Jake doesn’t care. Somewhere in front of him is a letter, tucked into an elegant tan envelope of fine linen paper. And — if Jake’s suspicions are correct — the contents of that letter will change the course of human history.