The novel begins on May 10, 1941 in Scotland. Rupert Garfield, German translator for England's Military Intelligence Section 6 receives a mysterious call to ready himself for work, while on holiday with his family. Within an hour, he is rushed to a farm where Nazi German Deputy Reichsfuerher Rudolf Hess has secretly landed in a Messerschmitt flown from somewhere in Occupied Europe. Within moments, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives requiring Garfield's language skills. After an interview, in which Churchill rejects Hess' invitation to unite against the Soviet Union, Hess hands over a...

The novel continues after Rupert Garfield, German translator for England's Military Intelligence Section 6 receives a mysterious call to ready himself for work, while on holiday with his family. Within an hour, he is rushed to a farm where Nazi German Deputy Reichsfuerher Rudolf Hess has secretly landed in a Messerschmitt flown from somewhere in Occupied Europe. Within moments, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives requiring Garfield's language skills. After an interview, in which Churchill rejects Hess' invitation to unite against the Soviet Union, Hess hands over a letter addressed to...

After Rupert Garfield, German translator for England's Military Intelligence Section 6, is nearly executed as a German spy by the Duke of Windsor, he becomes the confidant of an Hungarian astrologist who introduces him the secret agency of British intelligence dedicated to studying the Nazi fascination of the black arts. Upon arrival, Garfield is placed into training for a counter-espionage mission mission that will put him into contact with not only the paranormal underworld of Nazi Occupied Europe, but the efforts of Heinrich Himmler's attempts at becoming a powerful supernatural force...

Rupert Garfield parachutes into Nazi Occupied Europe with a new female British Intelligence Operative, Hillary Kinnick, and a strange astrologist, Stefan Rostov for a mission that is ill defined. Upon landing, Garfield begins a mystical journey through the paranormal underworld of Europe and discovers his relationship to the black arts as practiced through the centuries has had a direct effect on his life. This added to the dangers of being discovered by the Gestapo heightens his need to not only finish a misbegotten espionage mission, but also come to terms with his supernatural past .

Rupert Garfield parachutes into Nazi Occupied Europe with a new female British Intelligence Operative, Hillary Kinnick, and a strange astrologist, Stefan Rostov for a mission that is ill defined. Upon landing, Garfield begins a mystical journey through the paranormal underworld of Europe and discovers his relationship to the black arts as practiced through the centuries has had a direct effect on his life. This added to the dangers of being discovered by the Gestapo heightens his need to not only finish a misbegotten espionage mission, but also come to terms with his supernatural past .