World War II has hardly begun and Britain is tearing at the seams. Fascists are marching in the streets, the IRA is bombing the heart of England, and German agents slip through the cracks of a nation unprepared for the shadows gathering within. And Jessie Fordham is about to walk straight into the chaos.
Fresh from her escape across Europe, Jessie returns home expecting rest. Instead, she finds London fractured by political betrayal and espionage rivalries. MI5, MI6, Special Branch, and the SIS are at each other's throats, and Jessie is caught between them. Her closest allies are being lied to. Her enemies are multiplying. And someone inside the British government is helping the Nazis.
When a deadly explosion rocks the Midlands, evidence points to an IRA cell funded with German equipment, and connected to Frank Fordham, Jessie's treacherous cousin. While Whitehall covers its tracks, Jessie learns the truth: Britain's war is no longer only on the continent. It has already arrived at home.
Meanwhile Rose Sinclair, scarred by her torture in Paris, struggles to navigate a London that feels almost as dangerous as occupied France. Her nightmares stalk her waking hours, and someone wants her silenced before she can speak too freely.
From Westminster conspiracies to Belfast back alleys, from MI5 interrogation rooms to the quiet countryside of Worcestershire where a mysterious inheritance awaits her, Jessie must confront forces far larger than herself. Spring Dawn, a hidden fascist movement inside Britain, is rising. And the Gestapo's most dangerous officer has just landed on British soil.
As the noose tightens, Jessie must unravel a conspiracy that reaches from Parliament to Berlin... before the next strike plunges Britain into darkness.
Espionage. Treason. Secrets buried at the heart of a nation. Jessie Fordham faces her most perilous battle yet ? one fought not in enemy territory, but on British soil.
