The Riddle of the Trees

The Riddle of the Trees"Marc Perlman has a distinctive voice, and its value shows." Lawrence Cunningham, author of the no. 1 international bestseller The Essays of Warren Buffett At the same time that a physicist is murdered in a Belarusian forest by a KGB agent, American Jack Miller boards a flight to Eastern Europe, where he hopes to learn what caused an enduring rift between his Holocaust surviving father and grandfather. All the while, he is unaware that his life will

"Marc Perlman has a distinctive voice, and its value shows." -Lawrence Cunningham, author of the no. 1 international bestseller The Essays of Warren Buffett

At the same time that a physicist is murdered in a Belarusian forest by a KGB agent, American Jack Miller boards a flight to Eastern Europe, where he hopes to learn what caused an enduring rift between his Holocaust-surviving father and grandfather. All the while, he is unaware that his life will soon be entwined with that of the dead man.

In Minsk, Jack quickly falls for Anna, his beautiful Belarusian guide, and learns the gnawing fear of living in a police state. Spurred by revelations about his family, Jack follows Anna on a reckless mission into the Belavezskaya Forest, where they witness events that could change the course of history.

With the KGB nipping at his heels and summoning courage he never knew he had, Jack agrees to smuggle the newfound information across the border. But, on the sand dunes of the Curonian Spit, he must make a choice: save the woman he loves or save the world from disaster . . .