The Father of His People
A wartime secret that may shape Greece’s fate
A lethal secret from Stalin’s inner world crosses the years from the Moscow purges of 1938 to the Caucasus in 1944, drawing British agent Andrew Bond into a dangerous rescue mission.
Moscow, March 1938: Greek Ambassador D. Nikolopoulos discovers a dangerous secret concerning Joseph Stalin and is murdered by NKVD agents. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Greek-Soviet citizen Ivan Tolmides and his family become caught in the violence of war. The secret eventually passes into Tolmides’ hands.
In 1944, British intelligence chief Stuart Menzies sends Andrew Bond into Soviet Georgia to rescue Tolmides and his family in exchange for the secret. Pursued by the NKVD through the Caucasus, they race towards freedom. Meanwhile, Churchill and Stalin meet in Moscow to negotiate the fate of Greece. What is the secret, and why might Greece’s future depend upon it?
- Category
- Espionage & war
- Language
- English
- Written by
- Nicholas Snow
