"Deft and gripping. . . . Impeccably written and ably plotted. . . . The action is more or less nonstop." --The New York Times Books Review

"A literary thriller with historical perspective. . . . A relentlessly crackling mystery and adventure tale. . . Fesperman's prose is vivid, almost breakneck in pace. . . . His descriptions of people and places are crisp, precise and memorable." --The Baltimore Sun

"A modern-day Odyssey that leads its hero through the harrowing Kafkaesque lanscapes of postwar Bosnia and post-Cold War Europe . . . A literary detective novel that thrills as much as it evokes admiration for the prose." --The Charlotte Observer

"A keep-'em-guessing plot, littered with hidden treasures, international intrigue, lusty old Croatian thugs, and late-night crypt openings." --Entertainment Weekly

"A wonderful book. . . . Timely, thoughtful and vividly written." --The Seattle Times

"A new standard for war-based thrillers." --The Los Angeles Times

"A dark and morally complex novel." --The Daily Telegraph

"A haunting sense of place and enough twists and turns to make the reader giddy. . . . This is not an ordinary thriller and this is enforced by the precision and the quality of the writing. Fesperman's . . . first-hand experience of war reporting and exhaustive research shine through." --The Birmingham Post

"[An] ambitious, morally complex thriller." --The Observer

"Fesperman tells his atmospheric tale with great elegance . . . [and] a sharp analytical curiosity." --The Guardian

"[A] fine follow-up to the equally fine Lie in the Dark." --The Orlando Sentinel

"A well-paced tale of deceit, manipulation and double-crossing." --The Spectator