Oxford, 1936. Derek Arnold has every door open to him until his fluent German pulls him into British Intelligence instead of the diplomatic career he expected. Posted to Stockholm, he learns that in a city of quiet betrayals, no one is quite who they claim to be.
When his girlfriend is recalled to London, Derek takes a few days off, traveling into the mountains alone, and has an unexpected meeting with the beautiful Anna, a woman from the German Embassy he was explicitly warned against trusting. In those few days together, he falls for her anyway.
When Anna is reassigned back to Berlin, she vows to stay in touch. Derek abandons caution and convinces his station chief to send him undercover into the heart of Germany as a covert operative in Berlin just as war looks imminent. As nations fall under pressure from the German military, Derek must survive inside the machinery of a regime remaking the continent while still searching for the woman who may be his greatest risk.
Spanning nearly a decade and half a continent, I WILL RETURN is a story of espionage, sacrifice, and a love that refuses to stay buried, even when it might get him killed.
