With the Russian forces pushed back across Ukraine and northern Russia, Germany rules Europe from the Bug River to the Atlantic coast. Heinrich Schloss, the Chancellor of the German Reich, sees victory over the Russian invasion nearly in his grasp.
Schloss begins planning for a post-war world with new weapons that will defend Germany for the next decade. He also starts the delicate dance with politicians outside the Nazi party, leading to the first elections in fifteen years.
The rest of the world seems quiet, with a new American president in the White House and a Japan that muddles through a military insurrection. Winston Churchill’s reassumption of the British premiership and Russia’s refusal to end the war worries Schloss. Subtle attacks on Schloss’s reputation through the newspapers add to his frustration.
Schloss faces the failure of those closest to him and wrestles with the consequences of the decisions he must make.
This book and series keeps you reading. Because I discovered this series recently, I have more books to read and I do not have to wait a year between them. Actually, I don't know how long it takes the author to write the next one and get it published. The Parallel Nazi events just keep rolling along. It does help I have studied World War II in some detail, so I have some knowledge of the historical characters and time period details. Playing with history this way is fun! This book and series are recommended, just realize it is best to start at the start and not jump in the middle.
I waited a while to buy more in this series because book 6-7 were so disappointing to me. This novel is more like the early books and was much more enjoyable. Unfortunately there are a lot of references back to events in the sideline Munich books so it was a little confusing in spots having not read that book. Next on my list is "The Munich Faction: Courier" so I can fill in those missing pieces.