Ernst Vogler, a 26 year old German working for the Third Reich's Sonderprojekte, is sent on a mission to Rome to collect The Discus Thrower, a classical Roman statue. On his return, the two Italian brothers accompanying him take a dangerous detour and Vogler realises he will be lucky to escape with his life. Despite his misgivings, he gives himself over to the Italian adventure discovering love, loss and a chance for redemption. Set along the beautiful back-roads of Northern Italy on the eve of WWII, The Detour is a bittersweet novel about misplaced idealism and second chances.
