Secret Service agent Mike Banning races against time to save the leaders of the western world when they gather for the funeral of the British prime minister and a plot to kill them all is discovered.

For over 30 years, this story could not be told. It was locked deep in the C.I.A. vaults under a "Top Secret" stamp. Then author Joseph Persico used the Freedom of Information Act to pry loose one of World War II's most thrilling sagas. He uncovered every hidden detail of daring OSS heroes who penetrated the heart of history's most ferocious police state.