Mars in Aries

A haunting novel of love, fate and war from the Austrian master and acclaimed author of Baron Bagge and Count Luna (' A book so astonishing I immediately re-read it' – Patti Smith) ‘He’d had the feeling that he was expected there, on that day. But by whom?’ Vienna, 1939. Lieutenant Wallmoden is preparing to take part in a mysterious ‘military exercise’ when he meets the austerely beautiful Baroness Pistohlkors and her elusive circle of acquaintances. He promises to see her again – but then disco