The Carpathian Gambit

A Historical Novel

A tale of adventure, discovery, and uneasy romance.

1989. The Berlin Wall has just fallen and communism is crumbling throughout Eastern Europe. An American businessman, alone in Romania, tumbles into a world of political turmoil, where double dealing tyrants and enforcers struggle to maintain their ruthless grip…and where a woman of surprising character and simple beauty ignites in him equal parts of desperation and hope.

Follow Robb and Corina’s flight, pursued by the head of the feared Securitate, through a land and people strained to the breaking point by Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, two of the world’s darkest despots.

©2013, 2019 Douglas Steve Watt (P)2019 Douglas Steve Watt