Paul Schumann, mobster hitman, is known for his brilliant tactics and taking only 'righteous' jobs. When a hit goes wrong and Schumann is caught, he's given a stark choice: Go to Berlin and kill the man behind Hitler's rearmament programme - or die in the electric chair. The instant he enters Berlin, the mission goes awry. As the city prepares for the Olympic Games, Schumann stalks Reinhardt Ernst while a dogged police officer and the entire Third Reich machine searches for the American. Dangers and betrayal lurk everywhere as the cat and mouse game goes on, with Schumann both cat and mouse - and a man who thinks he has nothing to lose...