In 1939, high school history teacher Martin Victor receives a telegram ordering him to report to the Department of the Navy in Washington, DC. What begins as a mysterious job interview at the Office of Naval Intelligence becomes a descent into the lethal, zero-sum game of espionage being played against ruthless and relentless Japanese and German spy masters on the unforgiving streets of Baltimore and Washington. This sophisticated historical novel tracks one man's evolution from pawn to knight, living and loving nobly while caught in a maelstrom where honor, courage and commitment may not be enough to win the day--or even survive.