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Klara Walldéen grew up on a remote Baltic archipelago, learning to fish, hunt, and navigate the sea. Now an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she inadvertently discovers a laptop containing highly sensitive information that attracts lethal interest. A deep‑cover CIA operative, whose past includes abandoning his infant daughter to protect his mission, must race across Europe to rescue Klara and silence the threats that pursue them.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Joakim Zander
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