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The Icon Hunter, EPUB eBook

The Icon Hunter EPUB

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Tasoula Hadjitofi was only a child when her homeland, Cyprus, was invaded.

As bombs fell and soldiers marched through the streets, her mother stood guard, reminding her children to not be afraidnot of the bombs or anything else that may follow.

They would always have their family and their faith.

Soon thereafter, Tasoula found herself homeless and nation-less.

A refugee. Decades later, she's a successful entrepreneur and the honorary Cypriot consul to The Netherlands.

But family and faith remained her touchstonesand she never lost her longing for "home." She often thought of the gorgeous Cypriot churches and their icons.

One day, an art dealer offers her a chance to buy Cyprian icons stolen during the war.

Icons hold a special place in the hearts of many Greek Cypriots.

They are not just masterpiecesthey are artistic manifestations of faith and a gateway to the divine.Outraged, Tasoula sets out on a quest to repatriate these artifacts.

An immensely difficult task as icons often lack provenance in the eyes of the law.

But she is determined. Yet the road to ';The Munich Case'the largest art trafficking sting in European historyis filled with mind games, subterfuge, global politics, and a shady figure named Van Rinj, whose motives are never entirely clear...

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