In 1908, with world war a dark prophecy on the horizon, an English traveler, Auberon Harwell, enters a far valley in Montenegro -- a spy sent to assess the political situation while posing as a botanist. Drawn into the drama of a young Serb in love with an unattainable woman, Harwell's sense of duty and honor will be severely compromised by his own dangerous desires -- leading him toward a shattering confrontation that will forever change the world he thought he knew.
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The Montenegrin Serbs are a fierce and independent people, whose greatest hero is Danilo Pekocevic, warrior patriarch of the valley. His only son, Toma, loves a girl he cannot marry, the daughter of a neighbouring Muslim landowner. Harwell, against all reason and hope, falls in love with Toma's mother, who prays that her son may emigrate to escape this burden of violence and vengeance.
Harwell is bound by agonizing choices and the obligations of honour, duty and love. Ultimately he is forced from his position of careful neutrality into a confrontation which shakes the foundations of the world he thought he knew...
Starling Lawrence is the editor in chief and vice chairman of W.W. Norton & Company. He is the author of the novel Montenegro and the story collection Legacies. He lives in New York City and northwestern Connecticut.
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