The Wolf of Sarajevo
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4.0 • 8 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A riveting novel of international suspense from acclaimed author and veteran diplomat Matthew Palmer.
Twenty years after the Srebrenica massacre that claimed the life of his friend and colleague, Eric Petrosian is back in Sarajevo at the American embassy, and the specter of war once again hangs over the Balkans. The Bosnian Serb leader, who had for a time been seeking a stable peace, has turned back to his nationalist roots and is threatening to pull Bosnia apart in a bloody struggle for control . . . and behind him is a shadowy mafia figure pulling the strings. As Eric is dragged deeper into the political maelstrom and uncovers a plot of blackmail and ruthless ambitions, Eric is faced with an impossible choice: use the information he’s uncovered to achieve atonement for the past or use it to shape the future.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The Balkans provide the setting for Palmer's meticulously crafted third international thriller (after 2015's Secrets of State). State department employee Eric Petrosian is working in the American embassy in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, when he's assigned to assist European Union official Annika Sondergaard, who's attempting to implement a new peace plan intended to keep the country from slipping back into civil war. Eric teams with an ex-lover he hasn't seen in 20 years, CIA agent Sarah Gold, who wants his help figuring out why Zoran Dimitrovic, the leader of a right-wing political party, is under the control of the mysterious Marko Barcelona, who wants to plunge Bosnia back into conflict. Several subplots, one involving a researcher back at CIA headquarters and another about a priest who tends bees at a monastery add interest when the plot threatens to bog down in the labyrinthine politics of the region. Palmer's 25 years in the U.S. Foreign Service serve him well in this suspenseful, briskly paced novel. Author tour.
