Brian Klein Series 4 Books Collection Set (The Counterfeit Candidate, The Führer's Prophecy, The Last Reich, [HB] The Spider Covenant)

This four-book Brian Klein series collection brings together The Counterfeit Candidate, The Führer’s Prophecy, The Last Reich and The Spider Covenant in one set. Spanning events from 1939 through to 2012, the novels draw on Nazi-era history and its long shadow, moving between wartime Europe and later international settings.

Across the collection, the stories reference key moments and locations including Berlin in April 1945, the Reichstag in January 1939, Auschwitz in November 1943 and a clandestine meeting in Strasbourg in August 1944. The set also follows modern-day developments such as a major safe depository heist in Buenos Aires and the violent pursuit that follows, alongside plots and organisations linked to the legacy of the Third Reich.

Included titles

• The Counterfeit Candidate
• The Führer's Prophecy
• The Last Reich
• The Spider Covenant

Key details

• Four-book Brian Klein series collection
• Includes The Spider Covenant in hardback
• Titles span settings from 1939 to 2012
• References locations including Berlin, Buenos Aires, Auschwitz and Strasbourg

Synopses

The Counterfeit Candidate

Berlin, 30 April 1945: as the Russian Army closes in, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun take their own lives, and their bodies are burned and buried in the Reich Chancellery garden above the Führer’s bunker. Buenos Aires, 9 January 2012: three thieves carry out a safe depository heist, escaping with valuables worth more than one hundred million dollars.

An encrypted call to America triggers a manhunt, as the thieves are tracked down, tortured and murdered.

The Führer's Prophecy

In January 1939, Adolf Hitler delivers a speech at the Reichstag threatening “the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe”, which supporters label “The Führer’s Prophecy”. In November 1943, a plot formed inside Block 10 of Auschwitz is known to a small group of Nazis as Operation Gesamtkunstwerk.

The Last Reich

A co-ordinated plan to attack prominent synagogues across five continents is scheduled for Yom Kippur, when prayer houses will be filled with worshippers. The mastermind is described as a direct blood descendant of Adolf Hitler: his grandson, former Republican presidential candidate John Franklin.

The Spider Covenant

On 10 August 1944, Heinrich Himmler holds a clandestine meeting in Strasbourg with elite industrialists and bankers. A covert organisation is formed, codenamed “Die Spinne” (The Spider), tasked with helping senior SS officers escape advancing Allied forces.

With new identities funded by illicit money, criminals begin new lives in Europe and South America, later taking roles in politics, banking and industry and passing influence to their descendants.