New York: Random House, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Espionage novel set during the early years of World War II, as the British Secret Service attempts to block the exportation of oil from Roumania to Germany. The title refers to a 1918 speech by a French senator who said, "Oil, the blood of the earth, has become, in time of war, the blood of victory." 237 pp. ISBN: 0-375-505741.