“I came in like a lion, but I left like a lamb.”
The Black Rebel, 1995
The Yugoslavian
Book One | In Search of Mara Jovanović | The Yugoslavian Series
The Word Became Flesh
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with
God. All things were made through him, and without him
was not any thing made that was made. In him was life,
and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
FILMOGRAPHY
I’m
not
certain
how
it
happened,
but
it
did.
I
was
in
the
throes
of
writing
The
Killing
Game
when,
one
day,
I
looked
at
a
photograph
and
met
the
gaze
of
a
man
from
the
former
Yugoslavia.
In
my
head,
I
heard
a
voice:
“Write
a
story
about
my
country.”
The
words
were
so
vivid,
as
if
the
speaker
was
right
there
with
me.
Whose
voice was it? God’s? … Someone else’s?
It
was
impossible
to
ignore,
and
I
couldn’t
let
go
of
the
idea.
I
tried
to
set
it
aside,
but
within
fifteen
minutes,
I
found
myself
typing
the
opening
sequence
on
my
com
-
puter.
By
then,
the
story
had
unfolded
fully
in
my
mind,
eager
to
be
told.
This
happened
during
the
Christmas
holiday
of
1994,
while
the
siege
of
Sarajevo
raged.
I
had
followed news of the war, yet I couldn’t fully grasp it.
Read More…
Creating
the
right
cover
was
a
challenge
I
began
back
in
1995.
I
tried
postcard-like
images,
scoured
the
Internet
for
ones
to
purchase,
and
even
attempted
a
plain
cover—none
quite
fit.
When
I
set
a
deadline
in
2012
to
finally
publish
the
book,
I
resumed
the
search.
The
perfect
cover
had
to
be
a
photograph
that
captured
the
novel’s
mood.
Unlike
The
Killing
Game
Series,
which
has
a
darker
tone,
this
story
al
-
ways evoked shades of gray and blue.
I
searched
online
again,
noticing
how
the
years
had
expanded
what
stock
photo
companies
offered.
Still,
nothing
felt
right.
As
a
photographer,
I
nearly
always
have
a
camera
on
hand.
In
the
mornings,
when
I’m
out
in
the
yard
with
my
pup,
I’m
usually
photograph
-
ing her…
Read More…
Don’t wait – Pick up your copy today and melt into a
truely endearing love story.
“With Hope Amid Despair.”
A man and a woman, bound by fate, caught in the
chaos of an unrelenting war.
Set against the harrowing backdrop of the Siege of Sarajevo, The
Yugoslavian: In Search of Mara Jovanović unfolds a gripping tale of
adventure, mystery, and survival. Ivan, a man haunted by a deadly
secret, and Tess, a mysterious philanthropist with hidden motives of
her own, are brought together from opposite sides of the globe in
search of the same missing war orphan. Together, they plunge into
a world of deception and peril, navigating the treacherous
landscape of a city under siege.
Amid lies, betrayals, and relentless threats, Ivan must confront an
impossible choice: protect himself or protect Tess. As the truth
surfaces, loyalties are tested, and the stakes become deadlier than
either could have imagined in this war thriller by The Black Rose.
“I came in like a lion,
but I left like a lamb.”
The Black Rebel, 1995
The
Yugoslavian
Book One | In Search of Mara Jovanović |
The Killing Game Series
The Word Became Flesh
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. He was
in the beginning with God. All things were
made through him, and without him was not
any thing made that was made. In him was
life, and the life was the light of men. The light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has
not overcome it.”
FILMOGRAPHY
I’m
not
certain
how
it
happened,
but
it
did.
I
was
in
the
throes
of
writing
The
Killing
Game
when,
one
day,
I
looked
at
a
photograph
and
met
the
gaze
of
a
man
from
the
former
Yugoslavia.
In
my
head,
I
heard
a
voice:
“Write
a
story
about
my
country.”
The
words
were
so
vivid,
as
if
the
speaker
was
right
there
with
me.
Whose
voice
was
it?
God’s?
…
Someone
else’s?
It
was
impossible
to
ignore,
and
I
couldn’t
let
go
of
the
idea.
I
tried
to
set
it
aside,
but
within
fifteen
minutes,
I
found
myself
typ
-
ing
the
opening
sequence
on
my
com
-
puter.
By
then,
the
story
had
unfolded
fully
in
my
mind,
eager
to
be
told.
This
happened
during
the
Christmas
holiday
of
1994,
while
the
siege
of
Sarajevo
raged.
I
had
followed
news
of
the
war,
yet
I
couldn’t fully grasp it.
Read More…
Creating
the
right
cover
was
a
challenge
I
began
back
in
1995.
I
tried
postcard-like
images,
scoured
the
Internet
for
ones
to
purchase,
and
even
attempted
a
plain
cover—none
quite
fit.
When
I
set
a
dead
-
line
in
2012
to
finally
publish
the
book,
I
resumed
the
search.
The
perfect
cover
had
to
be
a
photograph
that
captured
the
novel’s
mood.
Unlike
The
Killing
Game
Series,
which
has
a
darker
tone,
this
story
always
evoked
shades
of
gray
and blue.
I
searched
online
again,
noticing
how
the
years
had
expanded
what
stock
photo
companies
offered.
Still,
nothing
felt
right.
As
a
photographer,
I
nearly
always
have
a
camera
on
hand.
In
the
mornings,
when
I’m
out
in
the
yard
with
my
pup,
I’m
usually photographing her…
Read More…
Don’t wait — Pick up your copy
today and melt into a truely
endearing love story.
“With Hope Amid Despair.”
A man and a woman, bound by fate, caught
in the chaos of an unrelenting war.
Set
against
the
harrowing
backdrop
of
the
Siege
of
Sarajevo,
The
Yugoslavian:
In
Search
of
Mara
Jovanović
unfolds
a
gripping
tale
of
adventure,
mystery,
and
survival.
Ivan,
a
man
haunted
by
a
deadly
secret,
and
Tess,
a
myste
-
rious
philanthropist
with
hidden
motives
of
her
own,
are
brought
together
from
opposite
sides
of
the
globe
in
search
of
the
same
miss
-
ing
war
orphan.
Together,
they
plunge
into
a
world
of
deception
and
peril,
navigating
the
treacherous landscape of a city under siege.
Amid
lies,
betrayals,
and
relentless
threats,
Ivan
must
confront
an
impossible
choice:
pro
-
tect
himself
or
protect
Tess.
As
the
truth
sur
-
faces,
loyalties
are
tested,
and
the
stakes
become
deadlier
than
either
could
have
imag
-
ined in this war thriller by The Black Rose.
The Black Rose
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