| Management number | 240179667 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$4.66 | Model Number | 240179667 | ||
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<b>A Novel for Readers Who Demand Substance. This is not a tale of simple praise, hatred, suspense, or romance. It is a revelation of what endures: the humanitarian character and genuine love we leave behind as our only true legacy. </b><p><b>They thought the Nazi regime was defeated in 1945. They were wrong. The evil simply went corporate.</b><b>A gripping novel based on the shocking true story of Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, and his second, more powerful life.</b></p><p><br>In the rubble of World War II, a deadly deal was struck. Klaus Barbie, the infamous Gestapo "Butcher of Lyon" responsible for the deaths of thousands, was not hunted down. He was recruited.</p><p>Given a new identity by American intelligence, he was smuggled to South America-a hidden asset in the burgeoning Cold War. But Barbie was no ordinary fugitive. In the volatile, cocaine-rich chaos of 1970s Bolivia, he traded his SS uniform for a business suit, selling his expertise in torture and control to a corrupt military dictatorship and the emerging cartels. He became the architect of a narco-state, a consultant in terror, more powerful and untouchable than ever before.</p><p>Pitted against him is Antoine Leroux, a Holocaust survivor whose family was destroyed in Barbie's Lyon cellars. For Leroux, this is not a job-it's a sacred crusade. Armed with a filing cabinet and a furious determination, he must battle a labyrinth of lies, from the silent corridors of the CIA to the brutal streets of La Paz, where Barbie is protected by generals and cocaine kingpins.</p><p><b>Two men, locked in a decades-long duel that spans continents. One, a living embodiment of memory and justice. The other, a chilling symbol of evil's banality.</b></p><p><i><b>The Unvanished</b></i> <b>is more than a thriller-it's a journey into the heart of a terrifying truth we let happen.</b></p><p><b>Look Inside This Unflinching Historical Thriller And Discover: </b></p><ul><li>A <b>high-stakes global manhunt</b> based on declassified CIA files and true events.</li><li>A <b>chilling portrait of evil</b> in the chillingly calm, corporate persona of Klaus Barbie.</li><li>The <b>dark history of the CIA ratlines</b> and Operation Condor that protected Nazi war criminals.</li><li>The <b>brutal rise of the Bolivian cocaine cartels</b> in the 1970s and 80s.</li><li>A story that asks: <b>When the world chooses to forget, who becomes the guardian of memory?</b></li></ul>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | December, 2025 |
| Pages | 194 |
| Subgenre | Historical |
| Series title | The Historical Fiction Legacy |
| Number in series | 2 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Klaus Barbie, Antoine Leroux |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.50 x 0.45 x 8.50 Inches |
| Assembled product weight | 0.51 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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