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A religious icon, thought to have been destroyed during World War II, reappears in contemporary New York in this debut thriller that blends faith, art, history and suspense. In a remote Greek village, Captain Elias and his guerrillas in the resistance are engaged in battle with the Nazis. A church burns to the ground in an act of betrayal, and several die trying to protect a religious icon hidden there. What happens that day lies shrouded in mystery until, sixty years later, the icon surfaces on the New York art market, generating keen - and possibly deadly - interest from a variety of interested parties, each wanting it for a different reason. The Icon is an accomplished first novel of adventure and intrigue set in both Nazi-occupied Greece and modern-day New York.
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The Icon, Neil Olson
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- 2005
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- Title
- The Icon
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Neil Olson
- Publisher
- Piatkus Books
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0749936320
- ISBN13
- 9780749936327
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Suspense, Greece, Miracles, Virgin Mary, Partisans, Year 1944
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- The Icon
- Rating
- 2.9 out of 5
- Description
- A religious icon, thought to have been destroyed during World War II, reappears in contemporary New York in this debut thriller that blends faith, art, history and suspense. In a remote Greek village, Captain Elias and his guerrillas in the resistance are engaged in battle with the Nazis. A church burns to the ground in an act of betrayal, and several die trying to protect a religious icon hidden there. What happens that day lies shrouded in mystery until, sixty years later, the icon surfaces on the New York art market, generating keen - and possibly deadly - interest from a variety of interested parties, each wanting it for a different reason. The Icon is an accomplished first novel of adventure and intrigue set in both Nazi-occupied Greece and modern-day New York.