Harry Turtledove has been hailed as "an excellent historian, who "uses
his rich imagination and deep understanding of the characters to draw
the reader into his story." Now the multiple-award-winning author of Ruled Britannia and The Guns of the South
asks a startling question: What if Germany won World War II. and the Nazi regime's rule over most of Europe
and North America continued into the twenty-first century?
Heinrich Ginipel is a respected officer with the Oberkommando Wehrmaehts office in Berlin. His wife is a common hausfrau. raising his three precious daughters the same way he was raised-to be loyal, unquestioning Arians of the Third Reich, obedient to the will of the Fiihrer.
But Heinrich Ginipel has a secret. He is not. in fact, a member of the Master Race. He has been living a lie to protect his true identity as a Jew and he's not alone. Throughout Berlin. Jews survive in secrecy...doing their jobs, caring for their families, maintaining the facade of perfect Aryans, and praying they will not be discovered.
But a change is coming. And soon they will be forced to choose between safety and freedom