American journalist Jake Geismar returns to Berlin in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference -- and to seek out Lena, the woman he once romanced. But then Jake stumbles on the body of a U.S. soldier -- with an American bullet in him -- and suddenly finds himself chasing clues throughout a city that is both physically and morally devastated. Was the dead GI involved in the Russian-run black market? What was his connection to Lena's husband, a German scientist pursued by both the Americans and the Russians, increasingly hostile Allies? As Jake digs deeper, Kanon (Los Alamos) spins an ever-more-riveting thriller that is bolstered by vivid period detail, genuine characters, and a thoughtful exploration of the many layers of postwar German guilt.
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