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World War II is over, and former German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has returned to Berlin, having been hired back onto Berlin's police force. When a man is found slain, Reinhardt embarks on a gruesome investigation. It seems a serial killer is on the loose, and matters only escalate when it's discovered that one of the victims was the brother of a Nazi scientist.

In war-torn Yugoslavia, a young film maker and photographer and a German officer have been murdered. Assigned to the case is military intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt. Already haunted by his wartime actions, he soon finds that his investigation may be more than just a murder—and that the late Yugoslavian film maker may have been much more brilliant—and treacherous—than anyone knew.

The Western Front, July 1918. Gregor Reinhardt is a young lieutenant in a stormtrooper battalion on the Western Front when one of his subordinates is accused of murdering a group of officers and then subsequently trying to take his own life. Not wanting to believe his friend could have done what he is accused of, Reinhardt begins to investigate. He starts to uncover the outline of a conspiracy at the heart of the German army, a conspiracy aimed at ending the war on the terms of those who have a vested interest in a future for Germany that resembles her past. 

When German intelligence officer Captain Reinhardt is reassigned to a new branch of the military police, his position separates him from the allies he has made. This includes a circle of fellow dissenting Germans who formed a resistance cell against the Nazis. Reinhardt witnesses a massacre of civilians in Yugoslavia, only to discover there is more to the incident than anyone believes. When five mutilated bodies turn up, he knows the stakes are growing more important - and more dangerous....

In the waning days of World War I, a horrific crime behind the lines sends Lieutenant Gregor Reinhardt on a search for a killer in this electrifying thriller from the author of The Man from Berlin. It's the final days of the Great War and four years of grinding conflict has warped more than one...

Sarajevo, marzo 1945. Il capitano dell'intelligence militare tedesca Gregor Reinhardt è appena stato assegnato ai Feldjägerkorps, prestigioso corpo di polizia militare con ampi poteri. Il nuovo incarico lo allontana dalle amicizie degli ultimi due anni, tra cui altri ufficiali e dissidenti che formano una cellula di resistenza perseguitata dalle SS.

Un thriller tra le macerie della Seconda guerra mondiale in cui nulla è dato per scontato; un gioco di specchi orchestrato come nelle migliori spy storySarajevo, 1943. Mentre la Jugoslavia è dilaniata dalla guerra, una giovane e bellissima fotografa - vera e propria eroina per il suo popolo - e un ufficiale tedesco vengono rinvenuti brutalmente assassinati. Assegnato al caso è il capitano dell'intelligence militare Gregor Reinhardt, già detective della polizia di Berlino, poi allontanato dai nazisti.

Berlin, 1947. L'ex-capitaine Gregor Reinhardt a retrouvé un poste d'inspecteur à la police criminelle de la ville. Dévastée par les combats, éventrée par les bombardements, Berlin est aussi divisée entre des puissances victorieuses qui veulent chacune préserver ou accroître leur influence. Les tensions augmentent, la police est déchirée par les rivalités internes tandis que les factions politiques se disputent le pouvoir et la protection des nouveaux maîtres.

Début 1944, à Sarajevo, le capitaine Gregor Reinhardt est réaffecté dans les Feldjagerkorps, une nouvelle branche de la police militaire aux pouvoirs très étendus. Ce nouveau rôle l'éloigne de son réseau d'alliés et d'amis allemands qui tentent de s'opposer au régime nazi. Alors que l'armée allemande tâche de se retirer de Yougoslavie sans trop de pertes, Reinhardt est contacté par les témoins d'un massacre de civils commis, semble-t-il, par les milices croates oustachis. Mais Reinhardt pressent très vite qu'il y a là bien plus qu'un simple incident de guerre.

Gregor Reinhardt est officier dans l'Abwehr, en poste à Sarajevo en 1943. Avant la guerre, il était policier à la secton criminelle de Berlin, la fameuse "Kripo". C'est un homme consciencieux, un militaire qui a toujours tenu le nazisme à distance. C'est aussi un homme profondément triste depuis qu'il a perdu sa femme et son fils. L'une est morte dans ses bras à l'hôpital et l'autre lui a totalement échappé, tombé sous l'emprise du nouveau régime et parti combattre sur le front de l'Est.