The Balkan Escape (Short Story): A Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure by Steve Berry

Author:Steve Berry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Literary, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345525178
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2010-09-13T01:33:54.423000+00:00

WRITER’S NOTE

Bulgaria has always interested me. It’s a fascinating country tucked against the Black Sea, deep in the Balkans. I visited in 2007 and decided that one day it would appear in a story. Though its debut has come in a piece of short fiction, the locale will definitely return in a future novel.

Thracians are intriguing. The culture existed, as depicted in the story. It rose, thrived, then was absorbed by conquerors. Unfortunately, Thracians developed no written language and left only their tombs as reminders of their existence. Several hundred of those tombs have been the located, many containing a vast array of gold and silver objects. The Valley of the Thracian Kings, in central Bulgaria, is real and worth a visit. This tomb, in the southern Rila mountains, was my concoction. But it is accurately depicted, as is the surrounding geography.

This story is a prequel.

When Lev Sokolov trots off after Cassiopeia Vitt thanks him for saving her life, his final comment to her is prophetic.

Five years later they will meet again.

That tale is told in The Emperor’s Tomb.

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