On the night of 16 April 1941, amidst the most brutal raid on London yet, where might the fallen go to rise? In Ludgate Hill, Staffelkapitän Albert Traugott will parachute into Kensington eight kilometers from his answer.

Six years earlier, he had surrendered. He had little choice once the Gestapo started arresting his father—an influential pastor. The terms were entirely his own: he would sacrifice his passions, his beliefs, and a young nurse from Berlin to protect the family. Now a commander in the Luftwaffe, Albert’s decision reverberates with every bomb he drops, threatening the foundations of his identity. The terrible irony of his next target breaks him, but through chance he is given one final opportunity to refuse surrender, and to perhaps reclaim his soul.

A novel of hope in extremis, Ludgate Hill examines that curious space between failure, faith, and fidelity, all the while raising the eternal question: Are the reserves of grace equal to our debts?