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Reunited brothers confront a secret Allied betrayal in postwar Munich.Occupied Munich, 1946: Irina, a Cossack refugee, confesses to murdering a GI, but American captain Harry Kaspar doesn't buy it. As Harry scours the devastated city for the truth, it leads him to his long-lost German brother, Max, who returned to Hitler's Germany before the war.Max has a questionable past, and he needs Harry for the cause that could redeem him: rescuing Irina's stranded clan of Cossacks who have been disowned by the Allies and are now being hunted by Soviet death squads - the cold-blooded upshot of a callous postwar policy.As a harsh winter brews, the Soviets close in and the Cold War looms, Harry and Max desperately plan for a risky last-ditch rescue on a remote stretch of the German-Czech border.
About the Author
Steve Anderson is the author of the Kaspar Brothers series (The Losing Role, Liberated, Lost Kin) , Under False Flags: A Novel, and other works centered on WWII and its aftermath. In The Other Oregon and the novella Rain Down (Kindle Single) , he writes about his home state. Anderson was a Fulbright Fellow in Germany, and is a literary translator of German to English as well as a freelance editor. He lives in Portland, Oregon. http://www.stephenfanderson.com
More about Steve Anderson:
Years ago, Steve Anderson planned to become a history professor. Then he discovered fiction writing -- he could make stuff up, he realized, using history and research to serve the story. Anderson writes novels that introduce a little-known aspect of historical events, mixing in overlooked crimes, true accounts, and neglected underdogs.
Anderson has written narrative nonfiction, short stories and screenplays. He has worked in advertising, marketing, and journalism. He's been a waiter, a language instructor, a copywriter. Nowadays he works as a literary translator of German to English and a freelance editor.
He has spent time abroad, mostly in Europe, and lived in Germany. His most exciting memories include striking out into Eastern Europe with a backpack when the Berlin Wall came down.
Anderson lives in his hometown of Portland, Oregon with his wife René. He's always been into soccer and follows Portland Timbers FC.
