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Stories Set in Croatia
King's Landing walls, island summers, Winnetou prairies (filmed here!) and Vukovar's wounds — the Adriatic coast hosts epics and elegies alike. Start with these ten, then open Croatia on StoryTerra's map.
Open Croatia on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Croatia
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Browse 39 books, 57 movies and 1 game set in Croatia.
From Russia with Love
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the…
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even…
Underground
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties tragedies love and hate.
The House of Hades
Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their…
Time of the Gypsies
In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia Perhan an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Blackout
Rise up while you can. -Georgia MasonThe year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising.The year was 2039. The world didn't end…
Murder on the Orient Express
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in…
The Weekend Away
When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
When Father Was Away on Business
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to…
Mary
Marinko an assistant worker in the tow-away service has had visions of Virgin Mary. He does not know what to do with her.
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