Venice, 1945. The war may be waning, but the city is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night, a fisherman named Cenzo finds a young woman's body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble. Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia is on the run from the Wehrmacht SS. Cenzo chooses to protect her, an act of kindness that leads him into the world of partisans ... The highly anticipated new standalone novel from Martin Cruz Smith.