The Heidorf Legacy

Destiny is no matter of chance.

It’s 1945, and a young German physician pioneering genetic experiments to breed the new Nazi race is killed during the fall of Berlin to the Soviet Red Army. Straightforward: secrets to the grave.

But a shocking legacy is discovered. A Russian army officer finds a unique set of newborn identical twin boys – the world’s first with matching fingerprints. The babies are taken to Moscow for further examination. Their plans are made to exploit the twin boys’ uniqueness.

Years later, with the Cold War rapidly becoming a distant memory, the fate of the twin boys could not be more different. One is working for the Soviet Union’s secret intelligence agency. The other has a privileged life in the upper echelons of American society. Both are powerful men in their own right.

The plan is simple. Make the switch. Reignite the Cold War. From the inside.

DENNIS HIGGINS is an English writer and award winning lyricist. He served in the Royal Air Force and tried his hand a various other jobs before becoming a writer late in life. His lyrics Angels in Disguise won the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest and he was invited to write lyrics for the late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee song. The Heidorf Legacy is his debut novel. He is ninety years-old and currently writing his memoirs as well as adapting Heidorf for film. He lives in Yorkshire.