timothy ashby

The whole world mourned when Teddy Roosevelt’s heroic son Quentin’s plane went down behind enemy lines in the late days of World War I. Seven years later, the celebrated family discovers a horrible truth: the skeleton in the French grave is not Quentin’s. J. Edgar Hoover summons reluctant Special Agent Seth Armitage back to the Bureau to investigate. Armitage must travel the world to probe the mystery, and quickly becomes targeted himself by powerful and ruthless forces on both sides of the Atlantic who are committed to keeping the scandal secret—at any cost. The line between enemy and ally blurs perilously as Seth becomes enmeshed with a WWI vet turned assassin with whom he shares a strange bond, a beautiful double agent with a personal agenda, and the political madmen building the Nazi party. The complex web reaches ever deeper, until Seth finds himself forced to make the unlikely, yet believable—and terrifying—choice to protect or destroy the soon-to-be Fuhrer himself. In Shadowland is a compelling historical thriller that gives rich character to real-life figures such as J. Edgar Hoover and Adolf Hitler. In his second book featuring Armitage, Ashby once again brings to life the emotionally-charged period between WWI and WWII, showing us that psychological wounds of war do not heal quickly, and the thirst for power and revenge runs very deep.