Walter Mosca, an ex-G.I., returns to post-war Germany seeking his fortune but, instead, falls in love with Hella and becomes involved in the dangerous black market. Reprint.

Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was a two time Academy Award-winning Italian American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, especially The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film with Francis Ford Coppola.