The Traitor's Emblem by Juan Gómez-Jurado

When the torrent subsides, the leader of the survivors gratefully offers the captain a strange-looking emblem made of gold and diamonds, in exchange for safe passage to the coast of Portugal. In the heart of a storm at sea, Captain Gonz�lez rescues a group of German castaways. Set against the dark and menacing streets of Depression-era Munich and the cruel rise of Nazism, G�mez-Jurado's spellbinding thriller proves again that he is a master of narration.

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The Traitor's Emblem by Juan Gómez-Jurado