The Lazarus Doctrine
By Daniel Parton
A buried doctrine. A forgotten war. And a truth too dangerous to stay hidden.
When Serbian historian Mila Petrovic is summoned to inspect a Cold War bunker unearthed on the outskirts of Pristina, she uncovers more than relics - she stumbles upon a long-dormant operation codenamed Lazarus. Designed to resurrect nationalism through myth, martyrdom, and manufactured memory, the doctrine was never meant to see daylight. Until now.
As violence brews across ethnic lines, Mila teams up with Erion Kodra, an Albanian cryptographer with ties to a haunted past. Together, they race to expose a propaganda machine wired beneath ancient monasteries and written in forgotten codes - before the staged bloodshed becomes real.
Set against the charged backdrop of the modern Balkans, The Lazarus Doctrine is a taut, intelligent geopolitical thriller where history is weaponized and memory becomes the battlefield.