CONTENTS

1. Prologue
2. 1.    Darkness over the Earth
3. 2.    The End of Germany
4. 3.    Joey Ox
5. 4.    Tyrannicide
6. 5.    Someone to Kill Him
7. 6.    Luck of the Devil
8. 7.    The Black Chapel
9. 8.    Absolute Secrecy
10. 9.    The X-Report
11. 10.    Warnings to the West
12. 11.    The Brown Birds
13. 12.    Forging the Iron
14. 13.    The Committee
15. 14.    Conversations in the Crypt
16. 15.    Shootout in the Cathedral
17. 16.    Two Bottles of Cognac
18. 17.    The Siegfried Blueprints
19. 18.    The White Knight
20. 19.    Prisoner of the Vatican
21. 20.    It Must Happen
22. 21.    Holy Germany
23. 22.    The Trove
24. 23.    Hell
25. 24.    The Gallows
26. 25.    A Dead Man
27. 26.    The Emerald Lake
28. Epilogue
29. Acknowledgments
30. Abbreviations
31. Notes
32. Sources
33. Index

         Prologue

  1.    Darkness over the Earth

  2.    The End of Germany

  3.    Joey Ox

  4.    Tyrannicide

  5.    Someone to Kill Him

  6.    Luck of the Devil

  7.    The Black Chapel

  8.    Absolute Secrecy

  9.    The X-Report

10.    Warnings to the West

11.    The Brown Birds

12.    Forging the Iron

13.    The Committee

14.    Conversations in the Crypt

15.    Shootout in the Cathedral

16.    Two Bottles of Cognac

17.    The Siegfried Blueprints

18.    The White Knight

19.    Prisoner of the Vatican

20.    It Must Happen

21.    Holy Germany

22.    The Trove

23.    Hell

24.    The Gallows

25.    A Dead Man

26.    The Emerald Lake

         Epilogue

         Acknowledgments

         Abbreviations

         Notes

         Sources

         Index