Sweeping from romantic, ravished Vienna under the Nazi occupation to glamorous Hollywood of the 1940s, the Judas Kiss is the long-awaited work by the author of the bestselling novel Blood & Orchids. In his stunning new novel, at once a tale of luminous love and dark revenge, Norman Katkov tells the story of a young beauty whom the war changes from a carefree society girl into the Gestapos most-wanted enemy. In Vienna in 1937, Carly Siefermann meets two men who make her the object of their romantic desires: Nick Gallanz is a Jew, an architect, an impresario, a man in love with life - and with Carly. But when Hitler marches into Austria his world is shattered by Nazi terror as he is brutalized and then hunted. Baron Fritz Von Gottisberg is a dazzlingly handsome aristocrat with a legacy of violence in his blood, whose wit and charm mask his ruthless role in the Third Reich. He, too, wants Carly as his wife. And so, in exchange for a coveted exit visa so desperately needed by her lover, Carly becomes the Baroness Von Gottisberg, never expecting her husband to betray their bargain, yet never doubting he would live to regret his treachery. Thus the stage is set for a deadly romantic triangle, as Fritz plunges further into Nazi depravity - as Carly becomes the mysterious and legendary Domino, an agent in the anti-Nazi resistance who spirits allied fighter pilots out from behind enemy lines - as Nick embarks on a bitter and perilous underground trek to escape his persecutors and plot retribution. Passion and tyranny, cunning and bravery, harrowing escapes and shattering revelations, with everyone in danger - and with the most extraordinary heroine of recent fiction, The Judas Kiss is a heartstopping thriller and a wonderful evocation of a time and a place we will never see again. - Dust jacket.