In the autumn of 1940, Russian émigré journalist I. A. Serebin is definitely recruited in Istanbul by a realtor of the United kingdom secret services for the clandestine operation to stop German importation of Romanian oil-a last desperate attempt to stop Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Serebin’s competition against time starts in Bucharest and network marketing leads him to Paris, the Dark Sea, Beirut, and, finally, Belgrade; his job is to assault the oil barges that fuel German tanks and airplanes. Bloodstream of Victory offers all the heart-pounding suspense, incredible historical precision, and narrative immediacy we have come to expect from Alan Furst.