SynopsisSelig Kruger, after being a member of the Hitler Youth, becomes a German soldier during the Second World War. While on a mission to find and kill Jews who are being hidden by Christian families in a small Polish village, he spares the life of Eva, an adolescent girl, at the risk of his own life. Yet he bears responsibility for leading her parents to their death. Almost thirty years later he reappears living as a highly respected physician in the United States. He is married to a German woman and they have a son, Thomas, who knows nothing of what his father did during the war. Thomas, a student at a small liberal arts college, seeks desperately to acquire that information. When he succeeds, his world is transformed into one of confusion and conflict. Selig is haunted by his past and hunted by a stalker who knows of his history and is determined to assassinate him. Following a series of events after her survival, Eva is living as a practicing psychotherapist in the city of Philadelphia. Selig Lives in Swarthmore, a nearby suburb. At first, neither is aware of their proximity to one another. She is now married to a Holocaust survivor, a philosophy professor specializing in Holocaust studies. Both she and her husband are held captive by memories of what they had to endure during the regime of the Third Reich, at a time when they did not know each other. Their son, Mathew, is a graduate student majoring in physics at a local university. He harbors the notion that by learning the laws of nature he will uncover the mysteries and discover the meaning of the universe. Mathew is distressed that his father has always refused to discuss any of his personal experiences about his concentration camp existence. When he finally discovers the details from an indirect source, he is shocked by what he learns. Further, the discovery sheds light on troubling aspects of his relationship with his father. Mathew possesses a secret of his own, which threatens the perpetuation of the lineage of his father’s name. When members of the two families begin to meet and interact there emerges conflicting and unlikely relationships, startling revelations, and each person is confronted with angst-filled moral quandaries. Ultimately, Silent Battlefields is a novel of brutal cruelty, existential dilemmas, and unavoidable choices. And yet it is a testimony to the grandeur of the human spirit and an inspirational narrative of hope. Visit http://www.authorstalk.com/ to hear voice message and read personal interview with author. Reviews: Professional and Readers' Reviews Buy from Amazon Hardcover or Paperback Head to Head: Audio Classes for Writers Announcing a highly recommended audio class for writers (available in both MP3 and CD formats) In a series of 30, available either as a package or individually, encompassing writing, technology related to writing, and book promotion. Moderator is Allyn Evans www.QueenPower.com Instructors are: Carolyn Howard-Johnson http://tlt.com/authors/carolynhowardjohnson.htm Joyce Faulkner www.joycefaulkner.com Marilyn Peake www.marilynpeake.com and Kathe Gogolewski http://www.tri-studio.com
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