Age: 28 Nationality: Serbian Languages Spoken: Serbo-Croatian, English Comrades: Vesna, Ivo and Salko Profession: Revolutionary Allegiance:To Serbia… and a secret society known as “The Black Hand”

A born soldier and leader of great personal warmth and loyalty, Milos earned the trust of the Serbian High Command in many successful campaigns against the Turks. In 1912-13, under the rallying cry “Unity or Death,” Bosnians, Serbs, and Croats fought side by side and finally accomplished their goal of 500 years—driving the hated Ottoman Empire out of Serbia. Their dream of unity is almost within reach. Only Bosnia still remains under the domination of the Austria-Hungarian Empire.

Milos and his three comrades Vesna, Ivo, and Salko would feel more at home in an army barracks than on a luxury express train. Yet here they are, travelling first class from Paris to Belgrade only a month after the assassination of the Austrian Archduke in Sarajevo. With tensions between Austria and Serbia at an all-time high, they would not have undertaken such a journey without some serious purpose—but what?

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