A disruptive novel about human trafficking—for those who fight for truth in a world that profits from lies.
When Lucija Šimić fled war-torn Bosnia in 1993, she knew nothing about the world she was entering.
When she graduated in 2013 with highest honors, she thought she understood it a little better.
She was wrong.
One encounter changes everything. Intelligence agent Marko Sertić teaches her a brutal truth: there are many ways to do good. And evil. Another man—Luka Matić—pulls her even deeper into a world where nothing is what it seems, and every answer creates a new question. Any complicated situation can become even more difficult before the outcome start to appear.
From that moment on, there is no going back.
Human trafficking. Intelligence networks. Abortion industries. Gender ideology. High finance. Foreign policy. Fashion. Film. Power.
All connected. All complicit. All hidden in plain sight.
What happens when human beings become currency?
What happens when bodies become merchandise?
What happens when truth becomes negotiable?
From war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina to Croatia, Italy, Albania, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States—fiction collides with reality on a global scale.
Good meets evil. Tenderness meets harshness.
Love meets betrayal.
Innocence meets guilts.
Faith meets collapse.
And nothing remains untouched.
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?
LOVE. POWER. FREEDOM.
How far would you go to protect the ones you love?
Where is the line between justice and revenge?
Does the end justify the means—or destroy the soul?
ECONOMICS. POLITICS. CONTROL.
$140 billion in dirty money—annually—through sports betting alone.
Cultural paradigms used as tools of influence.
Systems designed not to protect truth, but to manage perception.
REDEMPTION.
When all weapons fail… is a pure heart enough?
MIRACLE.
Coincidence—or something greater?
And finally:
Does betrayal serve truth… or destroy it forever?
Does good always triumph over evil?
“With every hit, the pain slipped further away.”
Lucija Šimić
“So you think that’s what led you there that night?”
Marko Sertić
“I came to thank you… for saving my life.”
Lucija Šimić
“I came to keep my promise.”
Luka Matić
The world needs Beauty!
(Only Croatian version available)
Publisher: Naklada Bošković
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