There were a hundred prisoners of war aboard the German ship Munchen. A hundred disillusioned men subjected to the mercy of a brutal Nazi psychopath. The pitiful hopes of 99 of those men lay in one man – a man who knew they were sentenced to an endless imprisonment – who, on a sudden, desperate impulse, had flung a garbage can into the sea. But had he been stupid? Had he failed? Why else was Captain Fricke enraged? He only knew that – somehow – he had to leave another sign…another clue…