Poststrasse 16

<p><i>POSTSTRASSE 16</i> tells the story of a young college graduate anxious to succeed in the fast-pace world of internet entrepreneurship who commits to a business relationship not knowing the dangers it poses. Claire Berman is a twenty-seven year old Harvard educated woman who possesses special skills in the hot new field of crowd-sourcing analysis. Working out of a dot-com incubator in Alexandria Virginia she's approached by Lawrence Appleton who identifies himself as a representative of the Clearfield Institute of New York City. The Institute's mission he explains is to promote world peace through assisting governments in Eastern Europe in their fight against smuggling.</p><p>Stopping off in Berlin Germany after a brief business trip to Belgrade on behalf of the Institute Claire visits her grandmother Alice Marckwald who lives there after gaining possession of an urban mansion in a restitution claim shortly after the unification of East and West Germany. The visit becomes open-ended as she doggedly pursues the objectives of the Institute using her crowd-sourcing expertise. Gradually she discovers the true identity of her employer and the full extent of the danger she's been exposed to.</p><p>The action is fast-paced with Claire finding herself buffeted by criminal threats as she pursues her work through the capitals of Eastern Europe.</p>