Standing Against the Darkness!
It is 1943 in Denmark, during WWII. Germany has control of Denmark, but gives it more freedom than other countries they are occupying. There is more food, the Jewish people are not forced to wear stars and there is no curfew.
Else is an American physicist and a working scientist in Denmark. She has been pulled into doing dangerous resistance work.
Henrik is famous for what he has done for the resistance, and has managed to keep his identity a secret. But the landlady at his boardinghouse is suspicious of him–will she turn him in? He has also gotten involved with Else who lives at the same boardinghouse, will this relationship backfire on one or both of them?
As things heat up with the Occupation adding more rules to follow, along with more Danes turning in their fellow countrymen, the resistance work becomes even more dangerous. Then it is discovered that all the Jewish people are going to be rounded up. Their only hope is to escape across the heavily patrolled waters to Sweden.
Will Else and Henrik be able to help hide and move hundreds of people without any of them being caught? Should they attempt such dangerous work when the odds of succeeding are so low? Can this possibly be done without Henrik’s identity being exposed?
This tale was set against the backdrop of the constant danger the Danish people faced from the German Occupation. I had trouble connecting with this story, but it is a clean thriller told from a Christian viewpoint. It is interesting to know that many things in this story really happened. Fans of WWII, and historic reads will enjoy this four-star book
Thank you, Revell Publishing for providing Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, “The Sound of Light,” for the purpose of review. I have not been compensated in any other manner. All opinions expressed are my own, and I was not required, or influenced, to give anything but an honest appraisal. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
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