Die Nadel

April 1944. The invasion is imminent. To suggest to the Germans that a landing at Calais is forthcoming, the British have staged the largest deception operation in history in Southeast England, using inflatable tanks, cardboard airplanes, and fake barracks. This ghost army is so skillfully woven into the communication and reporting system of the Allied forces that even Canaris' counterintelligence apparatus believes it to be real. What Canaris does not know is that his spies in England are behind bars and are only transmitting dummy material—except for one: Henry Faber, known as "the Needle." Smuggled into England long before the war, he has managed to remain undetected. He accomplishes the impossible: he uncovers the English plans and exposes Operation Fortitude. But the hardest part is yet to come: he must get his evidence into the hands of the German General Staff. His escape route across Britain becomes a bloody trail...