On the heels of the international bestseller "Only Time Will Tell, " Jeffrey
Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles…
Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to
escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that
his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the
Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning
almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS "Kansas Star, " rescues
a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named
Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to
escape his tangled past and assumes his identity.
On landing in America, however, Bradshaw quickly learns the mistake he has made,
when he discovers what is awaiting him in New York. Without any way of proving
his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far
worse than the one he had hoped to escape.
