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Berlin, 1933: as Hitler rises to power, the law - designed to
protect and serve - becomes twisted to the will of those who dream
of a pure Aryan race. SS Officer Walter Gunther is intensely loyal
to the Third Reich. His readiness to kill without question or
remorse would seem to make him the ideal candidate to lead the T4
euthanasia programme. SS Officer Karl Muller, a trainee doctor and
engineer, is also brought into the programme, and assured that his
work is consistent with the Hippocratic oath he's due to take.
Their mandate: to kill the "unworthies" - not just the Jews, but
crippled children, the mentally ill, homosexuals. Hedda, Walter's
wife and old acquaintance of Karl, has no idea of what their work
entails. Until, that is, the fate of their families is at stake,
and each must confront afresh the choices they have made. This
dark, tense novel is a compelling story of human tragedy, and man's
potential to revel in, or fight against, the evil actions of a
corrupted nation.
Jack Flynn, strong and aggressive, but slowly dying of tuberculosis
on his farm in Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland, decides to
acquire - buy - a young wife who can bear him sons to inherit his
family's land. His choice, Caitlin Spillane, is less than half his
age, attractive and intelligent, and resents bitterly the obedience
that is forced upon her. When Donal Kelly, a young firebrand and
IRA activist, arrives in the village, he is determined to liberate
Caitlin from her unloved husband - by any means. A novel set
against the struggle for the heart of Ireland in the Second World
War.
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