Just as World War II threatens to break out, Mike Morrison arrives in Greece to get his later wife’s inheritance. Hoping to quickly surface finish his business and keep before German soldiers invade, Morrison’s programs are derailed when he receives a notice listing the names of Greek patriots pretending to be German collaborators, a list Nazi strategists desperately need. With the results of the battle hinging on Morrison’s capability to defend the letter, he embarks on an adventure across Greece in order to evade Nazi soldiers and keep carefully the letter from falling into enemy hands.Predicated on the diaries of Leon Uris’s uncle, this action-packed thriller could keep readers in suspense until the very end. A 1959 film version starred Robert Mitchum and Stanley Baker.“The best storyteller of his generation.” —The Denver Post“Uris uses history mainly because the raw material for star.” —Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin