The seventh volume of The Lanny Budd Saga was published in 1946 and covers the period 1940–1942. At this time, the Soviet Union and the United States enter the war. All this time, Lanny Budd has been working as the president's agent. In doing so, he will fall under German bombs. Lanny knew in advance about Hess's arrival in England. In France, Lanny, as a Nazi spy, is captured by Resistance fighters, whom he himself finances. He manages to escape. In the USA, he receives the task of finding out about work on the atomic bomb in Germany. He is instructed by Albert Einstein himself. While flying on a mission, he is involved in a plane crash over Arctic waters off the coast of Newfoundland. He manages to survive, but a long rehabilitation is inevitable. At this time, he agrees to a cruise on the yacht Oriol. So he ends up in Hong Kong, where he is destined to die. But others fall under Japanese bombs, and he ends up in the USSR through China. There Uncle Jess arranges for him a meeting with Stalin. A long conversation with him ends the volume, which consists of seven books and twenty-eight chapters.