: Along the way, they are hunted by merchants desperate to protect their trade secrets and must race against time—if the silkworms hatch before they reach their destination, the mission will fail.
(The Silk Thieves) is a historical adventure novel by German author and archaeologist Dirk Husemann .
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Set during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the story follows two spies disguised as monks who are sent on a perilous mission to break the Persian monopoly on silk.