About the Book:

What would you do if you were offered the throne of Russia?

Russian Prince Andre Novikov faces this question while visiting Nazi Germany in 1935. He undertakes this visit for British intelligence as a secret mission to spy on the Nazi war buildup in Germany, but during the trip an ex-lover, now a famous Nazi leader, offers him the Russian throne if and when Germany attacks Russia.

The trip forces Andre into a world of lies and deceit in which he faces the possibility of being betrayed by those he loves.  Not only is this a story of what the world faces in 1935, it is also a mirror which looks back to the past and forward to the future. The novel probes the question of whether love, fidelity, and understanding can survive in a world faced with the chaos of an impending world war.

About the Author:

Ina Steinberg is also a writing consultant and an educator.  Holder of a Ph.D. in literature, she has been an associate dean and an English department chairperson at a Florida university for many years. In addition to teaching on both the undergraduate and the graduate level, she has authored a nationally televised screenplay and has written several books on writing used as university texts. She has directed and taught effective writing programs for employees in industry, business, and the federal government. Her novel, The Parsifal Moment, reflects her research in Germany and Russia. She is currently at work on a sequel that tracks Andre's adventures when World War II begins. She and her husband, Peter, live in Plantation, FL.