The occupied Channel Islands: the last outpost of German resistance at the end of a long and savage conflict. Most feared among them: St. Pierre, the heavily guarded fortress chosen by a crazed SS Commandant for his suicidal final stand. With Berlin on the verge of capture, it is the most sensitive mission of war. An endgame that calls for a hero, with something else besides. A game for a battle-hardened veteran ready to lay down his life for his birthplace. And for the woman he left behind.