It is the spring of 1945, and the Nazis are??eliminating all the witnesses to their horrible crimes,??including Jews and foreigners remaining in the??prison camps. Kommandant Repp, who is known as a??master sniper, decides to hone his sniping abilities??by taking a little target practice at the??remaining laborers in his own prison camp. But one man??escapes and becomes the key to solving the mystery??of the cold, calculating Kommandmant Repp and his??plans for ending the war. Repp was??the master sniper whose deadly talent had come to??the notice of British Intelligence as the linchpin??of a desperate Nazi plot to reverse the fortunes??of the Third Reich at the eleventh hour. But what??was the nature of the weapon that Repp was to??aim--and who was to be his last target? Allied??Intelligence officers Leets, from the U.S., and??Outhwaite from England are dispatched to identify and??abort his lethal mission. And when they finally??learn the truth, the Second World War's deadliest??race against time is on ... From the Paperback edition.