The Traitor's Emblem A Novel

A spellbinding novel about an epic mystery set against the rise of Nazism that spans decades of family betrayal, impossible love, and the high price of vengeance. The Straits of Gibraltar, 1940. In the heart of a storm at sea, Captain GonzÁlez rescues a group of German castaways. Survivors offer the captain a strange-looking emblem made of gold and diamonds, in exchange for safe passage to the coast of Portugal. Decades later, in 2002, the son of Captain GonzÁlez receives a substantial offer for the emblem and the buyer reveals an astounding story behind that mysterious object: it holds the key to Paul Reiner's lifelong quest... Munich, 1919. After his family fall into disgrace, fifteen-year-old Paul Reiner and his mother work as servants in the palace of Baron Von Schroeder. Paul dreams of the heroic father he never knew. But one night, before committing suicide, Paul's cousin reveals a terrible secret: Paul's father didn't die in the First World War. He was killed by someone very close to him. From that moment, Paul sacrifices everything to discover the truth behind his father's death, even his love for Alys Tannenbaum, a Jewish-American photographer who helps him on his dangerous pursuit.

Juan Gómez-Jurado is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. His first two novels, The Moses Expedition and God’s Spy, have been published in more than forty countries. He lives with his family in Madrid, Spain.