The age of Olympus

the long version

Duncan Forrester has traveled to Greece, intent on recovering the ancient Cretan stone he discovered during the war, while part of an SOE mission to kidnap a German commander. But during a visit to Athens he witnesses the poisoning of a Greek poet, who it appears may have not been the intended target. The man Forrester believes to have been marked for death is a general, who has been approached to lead ELAS, the military arm of the Greek communists. With Greece on the brink of civil war, and more attempts made on the generals life not to mention an enemy from his own past on his heels Forrester knows that the countrys future depends on the fate of one manThe man Forrester believes to have been marked for death is a general, who has been approached to lead ELAS, the military arm of the Greek communists. With Greece on the brink of civil war, and more attempts made on the generals life not to mention an enemy from his own past on his heels Forrester knows that the countrys future depends on the fate of one man.