Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager-obsessed with music; food; and girls-but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs; Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps; and falls for Anna; a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him; Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier-a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured; he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy; General Hans Leyers; one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now; with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command; Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret; his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day sharecommanders.
