{"product_id":"the-counterfeit-candidate","title":"The Counterfeit Candidate","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat if Hitler survived--and his acolytes infiltrated the heart of American democracy? In this pulse-pounding opening to Brian Klein's \u003ci\u003eLast Reich Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, two detectives uncover a conspiracy stretching from Nazi bunkers to Buenos Aires bank vaults to the U.S. presidential campaign trail--where every secret comes at the cost of another corpse. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApril 30, 1945: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are reported dead in Berlin. But rumors persist. No bodies were ever found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Buenos Aires, 2012: Three thieves tunnel into a vault and unknowingly steal a briefcase that conceals a secret stretching back to the Third Reich. Within hours, they are hunted down, tortured, and murdered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e San Francisco, 2012: Senator John Franklin, the charismatic \"Great Unifier,\" secures the Republican presidential nomination--destined for the White House--but a blood-soaked trail suggests that his rise may be linked to the Buenos Aires murders and the secrets of 1945 Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chief Inspector Nicolás Vargas of the Buenos Aires police and LAPD Lieutenant Troy Hembury find themselves entangled in a transcontinental conspiracy that connects stolen Nazi secrets to the highest levels of American politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fast-paced, cinematic, and spanning the globe, \u003ci\u003e The Counterfeit Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful thriller that blends crime, political intrigue, and alternative history into a propulsive page-turner where nothing is what it seems and democracy itself hangs by a thread.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-13: 9798895151402\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Klein, Brian\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2026)","offer_id":46291784532165,"sku":"9798895151402","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9798895151402.jpg?v=1780113080","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-counterfeit-candidate","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}