When a renegade arms dealer salvages Hitler’s secrets from a sunken U-boat off the coast of Patagonia, he resurrects a terrorist weapon of the Third Reich. Only one man can save humanity from this rebirth of Nazi science. But an international conspiracy may cost him his life— and the lives of everyone he loves—before he has the chance.
Papa Cadwalader, the last member of the Sentinel spy ring, leads a team of four extraordinary specialists against Nazi technology, mercenary soldiers and a supernatural creature from the book of Genesis. From the hidden depths of the Drake Passage to the volcanoes of the Congo, from the lost mines of Poland to the forests of the Andes, Papa and his cohorts race to destroy Hitler’s weapon before it’s too late.
Fans of Stephen King, Brad Thor and Clive Cussler will enjoy this novel.
“Fast-paced, a great combination of history, intrigue, and other-worldliness… a good job of developing all the different characters and interweaving the subplots.” — Heidi M. Thomas, award-winning author of the “Dreams” trilogy.
“Langlas nails Nazi technology and medicine with a thrilling combination of action and adventure. Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child will be pleased.” — Tiff Patrice, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
Excerpt from Chapter 1: Little Klaus sobbed as he lay inside the missile tube, the sea inches above his head. Even when he opened and closed his eyes, the darkness around him never changed. He stopped blinking. As he rolled from his back to his side, a nursery rhyme of his grandmother’s came to him, and he sang it, “Bumpety bump, rider, if he falls, then he cries out, should he fall into the pond, no one will find him.”
He slid his fingertips along the steel walls of his cage. Water dripped down his palm, continued past his wrist and dampened the arm of his wool underwear. He jerked his fingertips back and whimpered at the thought of the Southern Ocean pouring into the submarine. But after licking the moisture from his hand, he tasted no salt. His compartment was sound, just slick with “condensation”—a new word Father had taught him. To warm his fingers, Klaus tucked his fists under his armpits.
Footsteps echoed beneath his feet. After several clicks, the missile tube door opened. A flashlight beam danced inside the two-meter-long prison.
Klaus stammered between chattering teeth. “F…f…father?”
“Yes, Klaus.”
“Please don’t leave again.”
“I’m sorry.” Father reached into the tube and patted his foot. “The crew may have grown suspicious to see a child walking the corridors with a Pirelli dry suit on. Better you hide here, and I bring it to you. Come out.” Already dressed in his own diving suit, Father knelt at the open door.
Klaus inched down the cylinder, which was tilted at a slight downward angle in line with the sub. As he exited the tube, Father’s hands supported him. When Klaus stood on the deck, he swayed and fell against Father’s shoulder. After Klaus caught his balance, Father held open a pair of rubber trousers and helped him slink into them.
“Now the vest,” his father said.
Klaus pulled it over his head and inserted his arms into the sleeves.
The vest and trousers overlapped at Klaus’s tummy. At the overlap, Father inserted a water-proof envelope beneath the rubber.
Father tapped the envelope. “Wonderweapon.”
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Table of Contents: Ch. 1: U-boat, Ch. 2: Patagonia, Ch. 3: International Conspiracy, Ch. 4: Congo, Ch. 5: Telepath, Ch: 6 Family Fight, Ch: 7 Spy Conspiracy, Ch: 8 Nazi Science, Ch: 9 Nazi spy, Ch: 10 Old Flame, Ch: 11 Secrets and Lies, Ch: 12 Séance, Ch: 13: Hitler’s Secret, Ch: 14: Kidnapping and Abduction, Ch 15: Axis
