The Last Saboteur

One man. One target. One chance to change history.

Germany, 1944. The Third Reich is collapsing.

The Allied armies are closing in. Berlin is burning. And with defeat looming, Nazi leaders desperately search for a way to force the Allies to negotiate.

Then Germany's foreign intelligence service learns the Allies are developing a weapon unlike anything the world has ever seen—a secret atomic bomb that could bring the war to an unconditional end.

There is only one way to stop it.

A brilliant German agent is given an impossible mission: infiltrate the United States, penetrate the top-secret Manhattan Project, and sabotage it before the weapon can be completed.

His target is the most closely guarded secret in America—and the man directing it: physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Disguised as a British intelligence officer, the German spy must cross an ocean, penetrate a web of American counterintelligence, and reach Los Alamos, New Mexico, where scientists are racing to build the world's first atomic bomb.

If he succeeds, Nazi Germany may survive.

If he fails, the Allies will possess a weapon capable of destroying cities—and ending the war.

He is Germany's last hope.

He is The Last Saboteur.

Editorial Reviews:

"A sharp, suspenseful, and historically grounded spy thriller with a compelling central impostor plot, strong atmosphere, and a morally conflicted antihero who lingers after the final page. Perfect for readers who like their WWII thrillers intelligent, layered, and character-driven." (Thriller Magazine)

"Martin Roy Hill's writing is sharp and evocative, capturing the tension and paranoia of wartime espionage. ... Fans of Alan Furst will find Hill is equally talented at blending historical espionage with detailed settings and complex characters." (Readers Favorite)

"... [T]he story stays true to history and real people, which injects a sense of discovery and authenticity into the plot to further give it an immediacy and attraction many World War II novels don't match. Libraries and thriller readers will be ... thrilled." (D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review)

"Martin Roy Hill's 'The Last Saboteur' offers a premise built almost entirely on doubling: faces, loyalties, and nations all racing toward the same terrible discovery, and the novel is at its best when it lets that doubling do the thematic work. Based on the very real possibility that a team of WWII agents had landed in the United States during WWII with instructions to disrupt the Manhattan Project by assassinating Robert Oppenheimer, 'The Last Saboteur' spins a wild and twisting tale of espionage." (Booklife Prize)