Winter Sky - Hardcover

Chris Stewart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1629722294 ISBN 13: 9781629722290

Publisher: Shadow Mountain, 2016

Synopsis

In a bombed-out Polish village during World War II a young resistance fighter finds that he is suddenly alone and trapped between two opposing armies. He is one of Poland's ''Devil's Rebels''fighting desperately to save his homeland, but an injury has erased his memory and his only possession is a torn photograph of a couple he assumes are his parents. The woman appears to be holding the hand of a young child whose image has been ripped off. Could the child be him?

< p>Caught in the crosshairs of the retreating German army and the advancing Russian forces, the village holds nothing but destruction and despair until a mysterious young woman offers a small glimmer of hope that may represent his last chance - news of a refuge train departing from a nearby town headed for American installations at the border. But complications arise when the resistance fighter is betrayed by his own countryman and hunted by German SS Officers who are determined to kill him before they retreat. Desperately searching for a home and family he can't remember he is persuaded to rescue two children who are doomed to die without his help.

< p>As time runs out the former rebel is faced with an impossible choice. Standing at the crossroads of saving himself or risking his life for strangers, what would motivate a young man at the brink of salvation to make one more sacrifice?

About this title

About the Author:

Chris Stewart is a Congressional Representative and is a New York Times bestselling author who has who has published more than a dozen books, has been selected by the Book of the Month Club, and has released titles in multiple languages in seven countries. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller, My Story by Elizabeth Smart. He is also a world-record-setting Air Force pilot (fastest nonstop flight around the world).

Review:

''Stewart helps readers feel the inhumanity of war, the cold fear of the hunted, the icy heart of the hunter, and the resolve of residents of a bombed-out Polish town that has survived one opposing occupation after another. Ultimately Stewart imagines one family's miraculous journey out of the abyss of a truly horrific war.'' ---Booklist

''A simply riveting novel by an extraordinarily gifted author...Enthusiastically recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to fiction collections.'' ---Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Shadow Mountain
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1629722294
• ISBN 13: 9781629722290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192