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In 1939 the Germans invade Poland, setting

off a rising storm of violence and destruc-

tion. For Anna and Jan Kopernik the loss is

Douglas W. Jacobson
is an engineer,

Night of

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

. . . Jacobson’s clockwork plot draws the reader onto its roller coaster ride

[and] clicks along at breakneck speed.”

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unimaginable. She is an assistant professor

business owner, and World War II history

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

at a university in Krakow; he, an officer in

enthusiast. Inspired by the war-time exper-

the Polish cavalry. Separated by the war, they

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must find 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

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must flee to Belgium where she joins the

Resistance. Meanwhile, Jan escapes with

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Night of Flames
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to return to Poland in an undercover mis-

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