In September 1944, 10-year-old George Ames sees something impossible-a German U-Boat surfacing off the coast of Long Island, New York. As the lone witness, George convinces himself that his imagination is to blame, and quickly puts the memory of the event behind him. Ten years later, George crosses paths with one of the men who surfaced in that U-Boat, proving that what he saw years ago wasn't just his imagination. This chance encounter eventually serves as the catalyst to a 30-year investigation, where George and his associates will discover a horrifying and insidious truth-many members of...