Spring 1942. Nazi Germany is at the peak of its power. The summer offensive against Stalingrad is being prepared. And only very few political figures of the Third Reich understand that in economic terms the war is lost. It is impossible to prevent an inevitable catastrophe, with the only exception - it is necessary to eliminate its original source. Change the entire system. Der Architekt is the story of a professional who could no longer tolerate amateurism. The story of a man who believed in a living deity and was disappointed in him. The story of how the Second World War could have ended if Adolf Hitler had disappeared from the political horizon in 1942. The first novel “Without Illusions” of Andrei Martyanov’s trilogy “Der Architekt” reveals the causes of the disaster that befell the Third Reich and “Germany without Hitler” is given another chance. An opportunity that the new Reich Chancellor, Albert Speer, will realize.