{"product_id":"the-ratline-philip-stengel-9798245507507","title":"The Ratline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE RATLINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin is burning. The escape route is still running.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ruins of \u003cb\u003e1945 Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e, Dr. Hartmann gives a defeated leader a new name and a token that opens doors without leaving proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City, October 1978: \u003c\/b\u003e reporter \u003cb\u003eElliot Crane\u003c\/b\u003e finds an unmarked envelope waiting on his desk, placed with care and meant to be opened. Inside is a photograph, a card, and that same coin, evidence that the ratline was never a rumor, it was an agreement built on fear, greed, and silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen survivor-investigator \u003cb\u003eMarianne Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e names the destination, \u003cb\u003eBariloche\u003c\/b\u003e, and explains what the coin really buys, Elliot realizes he has touched something real, and someone wants him dead for it. With \u003cb\u003eSusan\u003c\/b\u003e at his side and a shadow car keeping time behind them, he follows the trail into a living network that would rather erase witnesses than let the door close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ratline\u003c\/b\u003e is an investigative conspiracy thriller about identity laundering, buried proof, and the cost of dragging history into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Stengel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245507507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Philip Stengel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172062896383,"sku":"9798245507507","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ratline-philip-stengel-9798245507507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}