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Katrina Crialese

Italian, Researcher at STARFLAG

Volley ball captain of her university team, no mean exponent of the martial arts. A personal fitness trainer had described her once as a perfectly tuned human machine. She didn’t think that he was only saying this so he could charge her more. Or might he have been trying to come on to her? She could have been an Arctic explorer (she had not entirely given up hope of achieving that adolescent ambition), or an Everest climber. Dream on Modesty Blaise…

(Thumbnail image credit: © 2016 Senada Borcilo-Metzger / Davide Metzger)


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Prologue

(Kilmahog, Scotland, 2000)

Osmosis and diffusion...

Book 3

Book 3 Chapter 9: Babi Yar

(Ukraine, 1941)

He watched this scene in a state of shock. Someone pushed a bottle of vodka towards his mouth and he took a swill. At first he thought he was going to be sic...

Book 4

Book 4 Chapter 1: From Allapur to Ullapool

(Ullapool, Scotland, Now)

Katrina had cycled extensively in the Highlands and had spent three days in Ullapool. The town was charming enough but not riveting, and she had thought of g...