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BLACK SHADOWS
THE PAST NEVER DIES, IT RETURNS PERILOUSLY TO OPPOSE THE REPUBLIC:
ANOTHER CAPTIVATING MISSION FOR COLONEL MARI AND LIEUTENANT BARBETTI
The story begins here...
It was Iolanda who preferred the return trip in the comfortable first-class sleeping car of the Milan-Naples night train. Mari leaned out the window and inhaled deeply, staring at the railroad ties as they rushed alongside the train, then at the approaching platforms and overhangs populated with swarms of travelers, train workers, porters, newspaper sellers and soda vendors. He pulled his head back inside when the rumbling of the train and the screeching of brakes became too much for him. "Do you think Lieutenant Barbetti is waiting for us with a porter?" Iolanda apologetically pointed to the array of suitcases, satchels, garment bags, and hat boxes. "We have plenty of time..." The dry grinding of brakes, wheels, axles, and bearings covered Mari's words, and the sudden jolt of the train launched both of them onto the upholstered seat. Bewilderment was followed by a flash of silence, then an immediate scrambling of unintelligible shouts overlapping with the usual indistinct noise of announcements of arrivals and departures issued from the loudspeakers.
THE BLACK SHADOWS
A coincidence—a mere coincidence—and a tragedy—more precisely a heinous crime—compel Colonel Mari and Lieutenant Barbetti to take on a world of black shadows that refuse to die and that plot to overthrow the state and the ideals of justice and freedom. Once again, the two officers move into action to prevent a grave danger for democracy.
