The Constant Soldier
Ryan, William
Sold by The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 2 November 2010
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 2 November 2010
Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition, first impression with full number line. Ex library with usual stamps, barcodes and defects. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, front flap stretched, some lean, some slight browning and felt pen marks to page fore edges, not price clipped (£16.99), no personal inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a good reading copy. 390pp. 944. Paul Brandt, a soldier in the German army, returns wounded and ashamed from the bloody chaos of the Eastern front to find his village home much changed and existing in the dark shadow of an SS rest hut, a luxurious retreat for those who manage the concentration camps, run with the help of a small group of female prisoners who, against all odds, have so far survived the war. When by chance Brandt glimpses one of these prisoners, he realizes that he must find a way to access the hut. For inside is the woman to whom his fate has been tied since their arrest five years before, and now he must do all he can to protect her. But as the Russian offensive moves ever closer, the days of this rest hut and its SS inhabitants are numbered. And while hope, for Brandt and the female prisoners, grows tantalizingly close, the danger too is now greater than ever. And in a forest to the east, a young female Soviet tank driver awaits her orders to advance.
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'Haunting, passionate, William Ryan’s The Constant Soldier is a subtle WW2 thriller of horror and love with an utterly gripping countdown to Gotterdamerung. One of my favourites of the year.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Red Sky at Noon.
Shortlisted for the HWA Endeavour Ink Gold Crown.
1944. Paul Brandt, a soldier in the German army, returns wounded and ashamed from the bloody chaos of the Eastern front to find his village home much changed and existing in the dark shadow of an SS rest hut – a luxurious retreat for those who manage the concentration camps, run with the help of a small group of female prisoners who – against all odds – have so far survived the war.
When, by chance, Brandt glimpses one of these prisoners, he realizes that he must find a way to access the hut. For inside is the woman to whom his fate has been tied since their arrest five years before, and now he must do all he can to protect her.
But as the Russian offensive moves ever closer, the days of this rest hut and its SS inhabitants are numbered. And while hope – for Brandt and the female prisoners – grows tantalizingly close, the danger too is now greater than ever.
And, in a forest to the east, a young female Soviet tank driver awaits her orders to advance . . .
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