The story of Tapper George starts in Croatia before the First World War, it was here in the Balkans that a secretive criminal organization called the Apis attempted a daring assassination which they thought had little chance of success. It was hastily put together by fanatical men and instigated by innocent infatuated youth. If you mention the Mafia the public instantly recognizes this criminal organization.Yet the Mafia modelled itself on the Apis some hundred years later. This terrorist act by Apis changed the history of the world forever,but it nearly did not happen. When it was finally over millions were killed or maimed. It also altered the destiny of the Pope family living far away in an English Town in Sussex, blissfully unaware of this foreign land. The story follows Tapper George through World War Two and ends in a chilling prediction for 2014.
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