Set in 1964, this history-divergent thriller imagines a world where Nazi Germany defeated the Soviet Union and maintains a tense Cold War with the United States. The plot follows Xavier March, a detective in the Kriminalpolizei, as he investigates the suspicious death of a high-ranking party official on the outskirts of Berlin. Alongside American journalist Charlotte Maguire, March uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate the architects of the Final Solution ahead of Adolf Hitler’s seventy-fifth birthday. This investigation reveals the systematic concealment of the Holocaust within a society that has officially erased it from the public record.
This book targets readers of speculative fiction and political noirs who value technical accuracy in world-building. It serves those interested in the logistical reality of how a totalitarian state functions decades after a military victory. Readers gain a detailed visualization of Albert Speer’s architectural plans for Berlin and an understanding of how bureaucratic corruption serves to mask historical atrocities. The narrative provides a grim analysis of institutional complicity and the psychological cost of maintaining state secrets in a strictly monitored population.
Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
