I AM MARIA One Woman's Journey through War - Hardcover

by Philip Duke (Author)

She survived the Nazis. Now she must survive herself.

Maria Xenakis never wanted to be a wife, but war makes her a warrior. Forced to spy on the Germans from inside their own headquarters on Crete, she risks everything to free her homeland. But betrayal comes from within. After surviving torture, a monstrous act of violence, and the brutal "reeducation" camps of the Greek Civil War, Maria is a shell of the woman she once was.

Years later, as a restaurant owner in rainy Cambridge, England, the ghosts of her past refuse to stay buried. When her young grandson uncovers a hidden diary, Maria must finally confront the devastating secret she has kept from her family, the truth about the lover who saved her, the traitor she killed, and the three words that kept her alive.

I Am Maria is a heartbreaking and triumphant saga of survival, revenge, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.