1945

In this alternate history, the United States, having defeated Japan, is unprepared for a new war against Nazi Germany, which has forced a truce with the Soviet Union.

The novel follows Lieutenant Commander James Martel as he suspects and tries to warn of an impending German attack on American atomic bomb programs.

The story unfolds with a German raid on key American scientific facilities, setting back the U.S.

nuclear program and leading to an all-out war against the United Kingdom.