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<p><strong>Joakim Zander delivers another compelling timely and character-centered thriller (<em>Booklist) </em>in this riveting story of international espionage.</strong></p><p>November 2015. Jacob Seger arrives in Lebanon eager to make the most of his internship at the Swedish embassy in Beirut. But when he meets the handsome and mysterious Yassim at a glamorous party his first night in the city he is swept up into a passionate obsessive affair that renders everything else in his life insignificant. When terrorist claims against Yassim are brought to light Jacob must confront his role in a complicated game he is wholly unprepared to play. Unsure who to believe or trust he knows only that he must flee Beirut--and fast. </p><p>Meanwhile in Sweden Klara Walldeen returns to the Stockholm archipelago to bury her beloved grandfather her best friend Gabriella by her side. What should be a trip of mourning and solitude quickly turns perilous however when Gabi is arrested under suspicion of terrorist activity. After finding notes in Gabi's purse about a clandestine meeting with a young Swedish diplomat Klara springs into action determined to clear her friend's name.</p><p>Following Gabi's trail Klara comes face-to-face with Jacob as well as with George Loow a suave lobbyist from her past to whom she finds herself inexorably drawn. Now Klara George and Jacob set off on a race across Europe to stop a pending terrorist attack--and get to the bottom of Yassim's true identity.</p>