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A former spy whose career forced him to give up his infant daughter must come to her rescue years later when she is targeted by powerful international adversaries who would kill her for discovering volatile intelligence.

A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thriller—an international sensation billed as “Homeland meets Stieg Larsson” that heralds the arrival of a new master sure to follow in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson, John Le Carré, and Graham Greene.

In the end, you cannot hide who you are.

Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies.

But Klara has accidentally seen something she shouldn’t have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that someone will kill to keep hidden. Suddenly, she is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.

Meanwhile, in Virginia, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, an operative so dedicated that he abandoned his infant daughter to keep his cover. Now, he is the only man who can save Klara . . . and she is the only woman who can allow him to lay old ghosts to rest.

A deep-cover CIA agent races across Europe to save the daughter he never knew in this electrifying debut thriller—an international sensation billed as “Homeland meets Stieg Larsson” that heralds the arrival of a new master sure to follow in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson, John Le Carré, and Graham Greene.

In the end, you cannot hide who you are.

Klara Walldéen was raised by her grandparents on a remote archipelago in the Baltic Sea, learning to fish and hunt and sail a boat through a storm. Now, as an EU Parliament aide in Brussels, she is learning how to navigate the treacherous currents of international politics: the lines between friend and enemy, truth and lies.

But Klara has accidentally seen something she shouldn’t have: a laptop containing information so sensitive that someone will kill to keep hidden. Suddenly, she is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe, with no idea who is hunting her or why.

Meanwhile, in Virginia, an old spy hides from his past. Once, he was a man of action, an operative so dedicated that he abandoned his infant daughter to keep his cover. Now, he is the only man who can save Klara . . . and she is the only woman who can allow him to lay old ghosts to rest.

Damasco, primi anni '80. Una donna va verso un'auto, il suo compagno, un agente segreto, tenta di raggiungerla, e porta in braccio una bambina, tentando di proteggerla. La donna mette in moto l'auto, che esplode, inaspettatamente. Lei muore, il suo compagno si ritrova in terra, con il suo corpo protegge sua figlia, miracolosamente illesa. Ma è costretto ad abbandonarla presso l'ambasciata svedese, per salvarla. Bruxelles, trent'anni dopo. Klara Walldéen - assistente di una nota parlamentare europea - entra in possesso di informazioni sensibili e riservatissime. E in pericolo, quei file riservati e trafugati non devono per nessun motivo essere diffusi. E chi ne è a conoscenza deve essere eliminato. Sempre a Bruxelles, un giovane e rampante lobbista senza scrupoli, George Loow, riceve un incarico da una misteriosa e ambigua società americana: raccogliere informazioni su Klara Walldéen e il suo ambiente di lavoro. Tre personaggi coinvolti in una tela di ragno che pure contribuiscono, involontariamente, a tessere, da cui sembra impossibile liberarsi e che può costare la vita. Tre personaggi legati da fili oscuri, vincoli di sangue e di interesse che devono decifrare per sopravvivere. Forse. "Il nuotatore" non è solo un thriller serrato. E il conflitto di uomini e donne con il proprio passato e la ricerca di un riscatto. E il ritratto di una classe politica europea meschina e affaristica; e, soprattutto, è la storia di una donna, Klara, del suo coraggio e della sua sfacciata libertà.