The densely forested border area between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey was once heavily militarised. It isn't any longer, but it is still haunted by the past, and is now a crucial pathway for refugees fleeing conflict further to the East. Kapka Kassabova explores this enigmatic and little-known region, and reports on the borderlines between nations, people and cultures with her typical iridescent prose and remarkable depth of research. This is a graceful and moving travelogue and political history, reminiscent of writers such as Patrick Leigh Fermor and Tim Cope.