July 1945. For Germany, the war is over. But in POW Camp 8 on the outskirts of Garmisch, one man refuses to believe that his duty to the Fatherland is finished.
Erich Seyss, once one of Germany's greatest sporting idols, who ran against Jesse Owen in the Berlin Olympics of 1936, now awaits trial for a series of war crimes committed as a fanatical officer in Hitler's dreaded SS. But he has no intention of facing his accusers. Instead, he is determined to run one last race for Germany.
For Devlin Judge, a lawyer with the International Military Tribunal set up to try Nazi war criminals, Seyss's escape means more than just the loss of an important suspect. It means the man who ordered the shooting of his beloved brother in a muddy Belgian field will now escape the hangman's noose. Unless he can get him back.
Given seven days to track Seyss down and bring him to justice, Judge faces an almost impossible task. Not only must he outwit an elite killer trained to operate behind enemy lines, but he must also fathom the extraordinary conspiracy to which Seyss is the key.
A conspiracy that could change the face of Europe forever.
