"LOOTED is epic!
Riveting—truly on-the-edge-of-my-seat-what-the-hell-is-going-to-happen-next kind of way!
The sheer ambition of this novel astounds me.
"It doesn't matter?" Berg Asked.
"What choice did we have?"
"I can't go home like this."
"Like what?"
"Knowing that every damned one of us is evil."
The innocence was gone.
Looted.
The Looted Family Saga Series
A trilogy exploring art, morality, and the shadows between right and wrong in a world where beauty is stolen and lies pile up.
Looted
Book One
In the wreckage of war, a young soldier makes choices he can't undo. An empire is built but no one can escape their past.
Manners
Book Two
The Manners saga continues with Brad, Anderson's second son reconciling his past as he finds himself the main suspect in a murder investigation.
Wanda
Book Three
Wanda had no idea she was to inherit a fortune nor what cost it would bring...
Press & Reviews
Critical Acclaim
"A great read. Anderson is like the Godfather, powerful, complex, and complicated"
"I wish I'd written some of these lines."
"Wow. Quite a tale."
The Book
Looted
Peter Stravlo transforms a family legend into a searing meditation on art, inheritance, and the cost of silence. When a successful American businessman's past begins to unravel, the truth behind his wartime fortune reveals a legacy as fragile—and as stolen—as the masterpieces he once possessed.
Set against the smoldering aftermath of World War II, and the optimism that followed it, Looted unearths the moral wreckage left behind when art, ambition, and guilt collide. Inspired by family secrets and whispered rumors, Stravlo's debut follows a man haunted by the priceless treasures—and terrible choices—buried in Europe's ashes.
- 384
- Pages
- early 2026
- Publish Date
- Fiction
- Genre
- English
- Language
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The Author
Peter Stravlo
Peter's work has appeared in Real South West Magazine, Colorado Expressions Magazine, Southwest Journal of Philosophy, Eidotrope, and Kansas City Disc News. Peter coauthored Cuba: An Adventure in Image and Word, and Beyond the Iron Curtain: Inspired by the People and Places of Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, and Slovenia, with artist Peggy McGivern.
Peter studied and taught Philosophy at Oklahoma State University, for three years planted trees while living out of his van with his dog, owned an art gallery in Denver for a decade, and designs storage systems for museums. He is currently working on the new Georgia O'Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, NM.
Peter writes and works at the foot of Taos Mountain with his wife, artist Peggy McGivern.
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I host the weeklong each summer in Taos, NM. More info.