Montenegro - by Starling Lawrence (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"Artful. . . . Epic. . . . A rich and rewarding work." - The San Francisco Chronicle
"Montenegro is a rare literate adult adventure novel: a combination of Rudyard Kipling, H. Rider Haggard and Erskine Childers--all with an overlay of Conradian characterization. . . . His descriptive writing holds the reader like a first-rate travel book." - The Wall Street Journal
"Incisive. . . . provocative. . . . elusive and intriguing." - The Washington Post