A gripping novel of America's King of Swing stranded in Nazi Germany-inspired by true events.

Big band leader George Alton is savoring his climb to fame in America when war begins to consume Europe. Determined to serve, he enlists in the Army and is soon sent across the Atlantic-not to fight, but to lift the spirits of Allied soldiers with his trumpet and his music.

When the war is nearing its end, George's plane crashes inside Nazi Germany. With the help of a brave tavern-keeper, he hides in a quiet town where danger lurks in hidden corners and trust is never certain. Drawn into the Resistance-and into the heart of a young German woman-he soon discovers that survival is no longer enough.

Amid a bitter winter, as the Reich collapses around him, George must decide: will he keep hiding in silence, haunted by guilt, or risk everything for freedom, love, and the life he once knew?