In 1940 the Hurtigruten ship Princesse Raganilde was destroyed by a British mine and among the dead was Thor Falcke, a rich businessman. His wife and child survived and went on to develop SAGA, an empire with worldwide reach. When the matriarch dies without a will being found there is dispute between the two branches of the family. There may be links between the events of 1940 and modern day war in the Middle East.
There is the germ of a decent story here but the book loses much in making the parallel storylines. I couldn't engage with the modern day plotline set in Kurdistan, I worked out very early on how it was relevant but it just seemed repetitive. The big reveal was guessed incredibly early in the book as well. However, I did enjoy the main part of the book about secrets around collaboration. ( )