Chris Brennan is just your average guy. Smart, but no genius. Nice, but occasionally a jerk.He's basically coasting through life trying to figure out how to balance his passion for writing with his need to eat on a daily basis. So he trades in his journalism degree for one in computer programming and moves to Germany for a job by a large hi-tech firm...Let's face it, his life is boring.But, one rainy night, in a smoky, Munich Rathskeller, he meets a beautiful young woman.As Chris is drawn further into the mystery that surrounds her, he discovers that she may be older than she appears. On top of this, the enigmatic woman he is falling in love with is a dead ringer for Maria Orsic, a mysterious psychic who lived in Germany between the First and Second World Wars. If “Ria†is an intimate of the twisted group of fanatics that brought the Nazis to power and supposedly provided them with advanced rocketry, jet propulsion, and even—some contend —flying saucers, Chris wants nothing to do with her.He leaves Germany, returns to Boston, and finds a new love. Kat is an uncomplicated American girl with no mysterious past, sinister acquaintances, or confusing chronology. In short, perfect.But events have been set in motion, and it might be too late for Chris to escape the plans of an ancient consortium set on world domination.