Publisher's Synopsis
Based on a firsthand account. Imagine fighting for an ideal you cannot fathom. Imagine searching for a flicker of patriotism before a wave of blood. Imagine nausea at the idea of your brother as a target. Imagine curtains opening to reveal calculated extermination. Towards the end of World War II, Hitler was desperate. He pulled in young and old to fight a losing war. War has always untold sides and this is the story of 16 year old Karl conscripted into a war he didn't want. The atrocities of WWII are made vivid and the devastation of lives clear through the narrative of one that had been there. This is a book everyone must read!
