ESCAPE IN The RAIN: Price of Silence

A craftsman of precision. An "easy" ten-thousand-euro job. A secret weighing half a kilo that is worth a death sentence.Danilo Lanzi is a simple man: fifty years old, owner of a struggling machine shop in the fog-bound Italian province of Cremona, and a father with a family to support. When the economic crisis bites and the banks close their taps, a message on a freelance website seems like salvation: a quick consultation in Bordeaux, expenses paid, and an immediate cash payout.The client is Mr. Antonio, a distinguished and wealthy elderly gentleman. But as soon as Danilo lands in France, he realizes this is no ordinary job. The villa is a fortress, isolated among winter vineyards, surrounded by armed guards and unsettling figures with eyes of ice.What Danilo has been hired to build is not a replacement part for a tractor. It is a critical component for a weapon destined to change the course of international history.Trapped in a gilded cage, watched by professional killers, and battling a screaming conscience, Danilo must rely on the only weapon he possesses: his mechanical ingenuity. From a desperate escape through mud-slicked vineyards to a return to an Italy that no longer feels like a sanctuary, Danilo will discover that accepting that money comes at a cost far higher than he ever imagined.A claustrophobic technical thriller that runs on a razor's edge, from 5-axis machining centers to the darkest shadows of the Russian secret service.

Pagina's: 198, Paperback, Independently published