Secret Europe by John and Valentine Howard

The authors of Secret Europe were inspired by the lives

of the many cour­a­geous spirits in all parts of the continent who followed

their con­science in troubled times: and formed a sort of Secret Europe which

tried to preserve the values of our common humanity. The stories often take

place in border­lands, not only in terrain but in time too, and sometimes on

the borders of this

world

and other, mysterious worlds. Many are set during times of upheaval —war, revolution,

dictatorship—while others concern more personal upheav­als. Each of the remote

and relatively unknown regions is evoked with a fine sense of place, and we

share in the lives of authentic char­acters who are faced

with difficult, often dangerous, choices.