The Night Before Morning

'Immensely readable derring-do in a terrifying vision of Scotland' - Sally Magnusson'A gripping and atmospheric tale with a powerful sense of place' - Kirsty Wark'A gripping and emotional story' - Tom Conti'Beautifully crafted – an exciting and moving tale' - Alexander McCall SmithJune 1945. Hitler has triumphed, Britain is under German occupation and America cowers under the threat of nuclear attack. In the dead of night, a figure flits through the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, searching for a hidden document he knows could change the course of history. The journal he discovers, by a young soldier, David Erskine, records an extraordinary story.When the Allies drive the Germans out of France and victory seems imminent, Erskine is in Antwerp, where he witnesses a world-changing reversal of fortune. From a high vantage point, he watches a huge mushroom cloud rise over London: an atomic bomb has been detonated by the Germans in a last desperate...