Wallace Brown lives in suburban Philadelphia Pa. He is a graduate of Villanova University with a degree in English. After a career in business which involved constant travel in the company of a good book, he has written his first novel, entitled The Shepherd Sleeps. His favorite authors are Alan Furst, John LeCarre and Somerset Maugham.
During a routine assignment in Singapore, freelance intelligence operative, Jack Lawrence, stumbles upon a terrorist plot that could change the world. Suddenly, everyone wants him dead. Even his own government.
Drawn from the edge of death by the hand of a beautiful and mysterious woman, a young man becomes an unwitting pawn in a deadly game of high-stakes espionage. A pawn that will soon challenge a king.
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03/05/2013
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TITLE: We Came From Konigsberg
Author: Max Overton
GENRE: Historical: World War
ISBN: 978-1-922233-08-0
Word Count: 124,984
January 1945, and the Soviet Army is poised for the final push through East Prussia and Poland to Berlin. Elisabet Daeker and her five young sons are in Königsberg, East Prussia, and have heard the stories of Russian atrocities. They seek to escape to the perceived safety of Germany.
This is the story of their struggle to survive, of the hardships endured at the hands of Nazi hardliners, of Soviet troops bent on rape, pillage and murder, and of Allied cruelty in the Occupied Zones of post-war Germany. 'We Came From Königsberg' is based on a true story gleaned from the memories of family members sixty years after the events, from photographs and documents, and from published works of non-fiction describing the times and events that are described in the narrative.
Elisabet Daeker's sons, and subsequent daughters, all have families of their own, and have carved out meaningful lives for themselves in far-flung parts of the world. One thing they all claim, though, is - we came from Königsberg.
Della is a strong woman who suffers greatly under misplaced guilt. She heaps guilt on herself daily and we get to see how it affects her in a not very positive way. I think we can all learn something from Della and her inability to let go of mistakes and guilt. Her love and devotion to River is beyond admirable. It drives everything she does. I think she is a true super-mom. Cade is a wonderful and compassionate man. He doesn't come across as very strong in his faith initially, but we see glimpses of the depth of his faith throughout the book. He also has reasons to not trust and he's worked through that to the point where he would risk love again.
I enjoyed the story and watching each of the characters grown in their capacity to let others in and to trust again. It's a heartwarming story that brings to light many of the fears that mothers have. We moms always seem to worry about the safety of our children, how we are raising them, and helping them have a better upbringing than ...
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