Vienna, 1913. The empire stands at the edge of collapse, and the world hums with rumors of war. Inside the Austro-Hungarian consulate, translator Lukas Dreher deciphers a coded telegram that should never have reached his desk—one that hints at an assassination plot and a secret directive known only as V Protocol.
Drawn into a labyrinth of espionage, betrayal, and political deceit, Lukas teams up with Klara Weiss, a sharp-witted archivist whose name appears on the very list of conspirators they’re trying to expose. As the city’s polite veneer begins to fracture, they must race to uncover the truth before history writes its own verdict in blood.
Set against the tension of prewar Vienna, The Silent Consulate is a haunting thriller about the cost of loyalty, the silence of bureaucracies, and the single document that changed the fate of a continent.
Child’s David writes dark, fast-paced thrillers that explore the thin line between truth and survival. A lifelong observer of human motives and hidden systems, David turns real-world tension into stories that refuse to let go. Dead Line is his latest dive into the secrets people kill to protect.View all by CHILDS DAVID
