Year of the Gun
“In a city bathed in blood… who can you trust?”
ActionThrillerRomance
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.
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A tense, gritty thriller set against the backdrop of 1970s Italy. It's a race against time as a writer is caught in a web of political intrigue and terrorism, forcing him to fight for survival in a dangerous urban landscape.
tensegrittysuspensefulurgentsteadypolitical thriller70s aestheticurban gritespionagepolitical intrigueterrorismmistaken identitysurvival
journalistbased on novel or bookpoliticsitaly1970smistaken identityterrorismwriterurban settingnews reporterbrigate rosse (red brigades) terrorist group
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