The Story:
In the chaotic aftermath of World War II in 1947 West Germany, sharp-witted teenager Hans Kolp hones his English from a friendly American soldier, enabling him to impersonate a G.I. with uncanny precision; with a pilfered jeep and his ragtag gang, they hawk stolen Allied goods on the black market, raking in fortunes amid the ruins and rubble of a defeated nation.
But success breeds shadows, as a mysterious outsider lures Hans into the perilous big leagues—stealing and fencing U.S. Army trucks and uniforms for staggering payoffs—splitting the gang wide open, with his fearful comrades urging caution while Hans, fueled by ruthless ambition, gambles everything on a high-stakes plunge into deeper crime, torn between brotherhood and boundless greed.
A pulse-pounding tale of post-war hustlers chasing the American Dream in Europe’s underbelly, where every deal could be your last—will young Kolp betray his roots for a throne in the underworld, or crash in the wreckage of his own making?
