(Only Croatian version)
A disruptive novel about human trafficking from the perspective of the perfect secret service analyst!
When Lucija Šimić fled war-torn central Bosnia and Herzegovina with her family in 1993, she didn’t know much about anything.
After graduating from college in 2013 with the highest honors, she found herself in a paradoxical situation that was supposed to help her sort out her priorities. When she met agent Marko Sertić, she was reminded that there are many ways to do good. And evil. When she met Luka Matić, she realized that any complicated situation can become even more difficult before it ends with any outcome.
Lucija’s journey to becoming a financial analyst in an international investigation brings the story of human trafficking from a different perspective, permeated with social relations, love, economics, values, foreign policy, and the identity determinants of man as the image of God.
How are foreign policy, secret services, the abortion industry, gender ideology, human trafficking, the fashion and film industry connected? What happens when people are willing to sell themselves and their bodies for the spotlight?
What connects American and Swiss entrepreneurs with the Albanian and Poreč mafia, a chain of cafes with pedophilia, the Swiss business family Matić with Lucija? What connects Lucija and Luka with a promise they made?
Does good always triumph over evil?
Fiction meets reality on the road from wartime Bosnia and Herzegovina through Croatia, Italy, Albania, the Netherlands and Switzerland to the USA!
Good meets evil. Tenderness meets harshness. Forgiveness meets bitterness. Innocence meets guilt, and love meets hatred.
LOVE AND FREEDOM
What is a person willing to do to protect the ones they love? Why are men and women different? Does the end justify the means? Who is a man?
ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
Sports betting alone launders $140 billion in dirty money annually. Changing the cultural paradigm as an instrument of foreign policy. Gender ideology as a crime against humanity. Reaffirming the contribution of Croats in building diverse communities and states.
REDEMPTION
When a man’s only weapon is a pure heart, is there room for an alternative?
MIRACLE
A drop of water in the desert or just a coincidence? Are miracles possible?
Does the goal justify the betrayal and does betrayal deserve forgiveness?
“With each hit, I felt better.”
Lucija Šimić
“And you think that’s why you ended up there that night?”
Marko Sertić
“I came to thank you for saving my life.”
Lucija Šimić
“I have come to fulfill the promise I made to you.”
Luka Matić
The world needs Beauty!
Publisher: Naklada Bošković
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