Breckon, Ian: Knight of Swords. First Edition/First Printing. *Signed, Lined & Dated*

 This is a first edition and a first printing of Knight of Swords by Ian Breckon, published by Old Street Publishing in 2009.

The book and protected dust jacket are in Fine condition with no inscriptions and not price clipped.

Signed, lined and dated by the author to the title page.

Description:

Winter 1944: northern Italy is a battlefield, with Communist partisans locked in vicious conflict with the forces of Mussolini's fascist Republic of Salò. Brookes, a wounded fugitive, finds shelter in an isolated and decaying castle in the mountains, home to a reclusive nobleman and his family. But as he recovers his strength, he discovers that the inhabitants of the castle are not quite what they seem; he also realises that they have no intention of letting him leave. Snowed in through the long winter, Brookes, the Barone and his family are drawn into a complex game of power and seduction. And as the violent demands of the warring world outside the castle become ever more insistent, they face a final choice: a decision that will determine the living from the dead. Knight of Swords is a gripping tale of identity and illusion, of games played for the highest stakes amid the devastation of war. At the heart of its enthralling mystery lies a timeless story: one of loyalty and betrayal, humanity and conflict, and the redemptive power of love.

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