Into Darkness - Softcover

Germany, 1944. The Führer has just survived another assassination attempt. But Germany is losing the war. Stauffenberg's attempted assassination and coup originated from inside the government and military. Is the Nazi Party about to turn on itself? Order must be restored and the High Command is calling for blood. Max Hoffmann is enlisted, under Hitler’s instruction, to carry out an investigation. The disillusioned detective has a problem though; he knows that as soon as the investigation starts, his own treason against the Party might be uncovered. As it becomes clear that Hoffman has not been a "good Nazi" he decides to go on the run, mere hours ahead of the SS Agents who are sent to arrest him. As a fugitive, Hoffman only has one objective: to fight one last battle against the people that turned against him, his friends and his family - and against one man in particular. ‘Into Darkness’ is a superb historical thriller, which sheds light not only upon the end days of the Third Reich but also upon one man, trying to serve his country and conscience. Anton Gill has been a freelance writer since 1984, specialising in European contemporary history but latterly branching out into historical fiction. He is the winner of the H H Wingate Award for non-fiction for his study of survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, "The Journey Back From Hell". Praise for Anton Gill: ‘Gill writes engagingly and often with elegance. The story of the German resistance is worth telling and retelling. Gill has told it well’ - Brendan Simms, Peterhouse College, Cambridge ‘Gill has deftly synthesized scholarly and more popular historical writing to produce an impressively accessible an interesting work’ - Kirkus Reviews ‘Immensely informative and readable’ - The Times ‘Brilliant, compelling’ - Mail on Sunday