Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II (58 page)

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The Historical Novels Review

In 1939 the Germans invade Poland, setting

“A taut and twisting thriller with memorable flesh and blood characters of

off a rising storm of violence and destruc-

. . . Jacobson’s clockwork plot draws the reader onto its roller coaster ride tion. For Anna and Jan Kopernik the loss is

[and] clicks along at breakneck speed.”

—James Conroyd Martin,

Douglas W. Jacobson
is an engineer,

unimaginable. She is an assistant professor

award-winning author of
Push Not the River
and
Against a Crimson Sky

business owner, and World War II history

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at a university in Krakow; he, an offi cer in

enthusiast. Inspired by the war-time exper-

the Polish cavalry. Separated by the war, they

iences of his Belgian relatives and his own

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must fi nd their own way in a world where

Polish ancestry, Doug began a five-year

everything they ever knew is gone.

research effort that resulted in his debut

novel,
Night of Flames
. He lives in Elm

Anna’s father, a prominent Polish intellec-

Grove, Wisconsin. Visit him on the Web at

tual, is deported to a death camp, and Anna

www.douglaswjacobson.blogspot.com

must fl ee to Belgium where she joins the

Resistance. Meanwhile, Jan escapes with

the battered remnants of the Polish army to

“
Night of Flames
is a vast, flowing, unstoppable tale of World War II . . . It is Britain. When British intelligence asks him

historical fiction at its best, with interesting, poignant characters we care A No

to return to Poland in an undercover mis-

about . . . This is truly a tale of the resilience and ultimate triumph of love.

sion to contact the Resistance, he seizes the

Highly recommended.”

—Homer Hickam,

chance to search for his missing wife.

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ISBN: 978-1-59013-136-7

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Douglas W. Jacobson

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Cover photos courtesy of the Library of Congress.

9 781590 131367

McBooks Press

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Dust jacket and interior design by Panda Musgrove.