The Traitor's Emblem

The Straits of Gibraltar 1940. In the heart of a storm at sea Captain Gonzlez rescues a group of German castaways.When the torrent subsides the leader of the survivors gratefully offers the captain a strange-looking emblem made of gold and diamonds in exchange for safe passage to the coast of Portugal.Decades later in 2002 the son of captain Gonzlez receives a substantial offer for the emblem. He does not sell it but the buyer reveals an astounding story behind that mysterious object: it holds the key to Paul Reiners lifelong quest...Munich 1919. After his family fall into disgrace 15-year-old Paul Reiner and his mother work as servants in the palace of Baron Von Schroeder. Unhappy and full of despair Paul dreams of the heroic father he never knew. But one night seconds before committing suicide Paul''s cousin reveals a terrible secret. Paul''s father didn''t die in the First World War as he had always been told. He was killed by someone very close to him and for unclear reasons. This discovery turns Paul''s world upside down and from that moment Paul sacrifices everything to discover the truth behind his father''s death even his love for Alys Tannenbaum a Jewish photographer who helps him on his dangerous pursuit. Together they fight for their love the truth behind Paul''s family and the vengeance of Paul''s half brother who rises to become a high-ranking Naziand on Hitler''s orders and successfully infiltrates the Mason organization to root out their Jewish members the vein ofDumas'' and Zafn''s masterpieces Juan Gomez-Jurado''sThe Traitor''s Emblemis an epic novelspanning decades of family betrayal impossible love and the high price of vengeance. Set against the dark and menacing streets of Depression-era Munich and the cruelrise of Nazism Gmez-Jurado''s spellbinding thriller proves again that he is amaster of narration.