A classic thriller from Jack Higgins, the undisputed master of adrenalin packed adventure and the bestselling author of The Eagle has Landed

Its 1963 and the eve of John F.Kennedys historic visit to Berlin.

Locked away inside the impregnable fortress of Schloss Neustadt, Father Sean Conlin, survivor of Dachau and lifelong champion of human freedom is fighting to deny his jailers their ultimate goal. On this momentus day, when the whole world is watching they must make him admit to being a CIA hireling.

But the West is determined to save him, and gambling with their lives a small band of men begin a daring rescue mission that could change the course of history.