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By Eric Ambler

Kenton's occupation as a journalist trusted his facility with languages, his wisdom of ecu politics, and his speedy judgment. the place his judgment occasionally failed him used to be in his own existence. while he reveals himself on a educate certain for Austria with inadequate money after a foul evening of playing, he jumps on the probability to earn a expense to aid a refugee smuggle securities around the border. He quickly discovers that the records he holds have a greater than financial worth, and that eu politics has extra twists and turns than the main convoluted newspaper account.

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