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As the Greek army holds Mussolini’s forces at the northern border, the city of Salonika becomes a clandestine crossroads for spies from the Turkish legation, German secret service, and other foreign operatives. Costa Zannis, senior police official and head of political cases, must juggle these rival interests while securing a perilous escape route from Berlin to Turkey. Alongside the political intrigue, the novel portrays the tense atmosphere of wartime Salonika and the personal entanglements that threaten Zannis’s mission. Traversing from Salonika to Paris and back to Berlin, the story unfolds the complexities of loyalty, survival, and the fight against totalitarianism in the Balkans.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Alan Furst
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