Fantaisie is a gripping historical novel set in the shadow of World War II.
In 1946, former Polish RAF pilot Jan Orlinski takes a suspicious cargo job flying between Paris and the Belgian Congo, hoping to secure a future for his family. Meanwhile, his lover Sophie Gordon, exiled from Britain for unwittingly aiding her Nazi-sympathizing father, is offered a path to redemption: feed false intelligence to Soviet agents in exchange for a chance to reclaim her citizenship—and a better life for their young daughter, Maria.
But when Sophie is abducted and imprisoned in Soviet-controlled East Germany, Jan embarks on a daring rescue mission deep behind enemy lines. With the help of a hardened resistance fighter, a savvy tavern keeper, and a crew of rogue ex-Luftwaffe pilots, Jan risks everything to bring her home.
Spanning post-war Paris, the ruins of Sachsenhausen, and the colonial heart of Africa, Fantaisie weaves together real historical events—Operation Bernhard, Soviet atomic ambitions, and the exploitation of African resources—into a story of love, loyalty, and survival in an era defined by shifting alliances and moral uncertainty.
At its core, Fantaisie is about ordinary people thrust into extraordinary danger, and the strength it takes to hold onto each other when the world is falling apart.