"In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous HotelRitz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler. Then her world falls apart: she receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Now, holding a French passport handed to her by another high-level collaborator, she is whisked away from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety"-- Provided by publisher.