Winner Takes Nothing

A group of friends, newly released from the French Foreign Legion, take a road trip. But this trip seals their destiny for years to come in this book full of intrigue, of mystical beliefs of shamans, of love and friendship, and the destructive workings of international intelligence agencies.

This epic the tale of adventure takes us to Eastern Europe and ex-Yugoslavia and then the icy winter of Siberia on a thrilling chase involving a diamond heist, a beautiful and beguiling Saami shaman, Israeli intelligence, and real international diamond thieves the Pink Panthers. Gunn's portayal of friendship, the meaning of love and sacrifice is a beautiful read, and the exploration into surrealism enigmatic and far-reaching. The book is hard-hitting, well-written and deeply mysterious, taking us on an adventure lasting three decades and three continents.

"At nearly 700 pages there is not one where the reader is not engrossed into the book. This is a surreal political thriller and an exposé of the secretive world of espionage. Has all the hallmarks of a cult classic. Gunn is to romance and adventure what Thomas Wolfe is to New Journalism.''

Turku Literary Circle