A novel inspired by true events.

In a city under siege, everyone has secrets—and trusting the wrong person can be fatal.

CIA operative Mick Caruso enters war-torn Sarajevo with a clear mission: gather intelligence, cultivate sources, remain invisible, and get out alive.

Then he meets Maja.

Fearless, intelligent, and connected to information that could alter the course of the war, Maja is precisely the kind of person Caruso needs close.

She is also the one person he cannot afford to love.

As their partnership grows, the line between intelligence asset, ally, and something far more personal begins to disappear.

Meanwhile, the city is closing in around them.

Surveillance intensifies.

Foreign intelligence services maneuver behind the scenes.

Loyalties become increasingly difficult to read.

And every piece of information carries consequences.

Caruso is comfortable operating in the gray areas where conventional rules rarely survive contact with reality. But this time the greatest risk isn’t simply being discovered.

It’s discovering what he is willing to sacrifice.

Drawing upon former CIA operations officer H. K. Roy’s firsthand understanding of intelligence work and the former Yugoslavia, Anja’s Tears delivers the authenticity of real tradecraft without sacrificing the relentless momentum of a spy thriller.

Espionage and military action collide with romance, betrayal, humor, and the devastating human consequences of war.

For readers of historical espionage, CIA thrillers, military suspense, political thrillers, and emotionally driven spy fiction, Anja’s Tears offers something increasingly rare:

A spy story where the operations feel real—and the people matter even more.

One mission.

Two people who should never have become close.

And a war where every choice leaves someone paying the price.