Tom Byrne has come a long way since his days as an idealistic young lawyer. Now he’ll work for anyone -- as long as the price is right. When the UN asks him to take on a dubious job, he doesn’t hesitate. A suspected suicide bomber shot by security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man, and Tom must placate the family. But he soon discovers that the victim was not quite the innocent man that he seemed.

Now the murdered man’s daughter, Rebecca, is dead too -- the latest victim of a hidden brotherhood united in a worldwide mission that has caused hundreds of unexplained deaths. Pursued by ruthless killers, Tom must unlock a secret that’s been buried for more than sixty years -- the last great secret of the Second World War.

Based on the true story of a group of Holocaust survivors who sought revenge for Nazi deeds, The Final Reckoning is an atmospheric, emotionally engaging and twisting thriller that moves at warp speed from first page to last

Sam Bourne is the literary pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland, an award-winning British journalist and broadcaster. He is a weekly columnist for the Guardian (UK), having served as that paper's Washington correspondent. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, and the New Republic. He is a regular contributor to the Jewish Chronicle (UK) and presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series The Long View.

Bourne is the author of the New York Times and number one UK bestseller The Righteous Men, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and The Last Testament. He has also written two nonfiction works, Jacob's Gift and Bring Home the Revolution. He lives in London with his wife and two children.