SHORTLISED FOR THE MCILVANNEY SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT PRIZE 2019
All over Britain, POW camps are filling up with defeated German
soldiers. Every day, thousands more pour in on ships from France. But
only the most dangerous are sent to Camp 21 - 'black' prisoners - SS
diehards who've sworn death before surrender. Nothing will stop their
war, unless it's a bullet.
As one fanatic plots a mass breakout and glorious march on London, Max
Hartmann dreams of the oath he pledged to the teenage bride he scarcely
knows and the child he's never met. Where do his loyalties really lie?
To Hitler or to the life he left behind in the bombed ruins of his
homeland?
Beneath the wintry mountains, in the hell of Black Camp 21, suspicion
and fear swirl around like the endless snow. And while the Reich
crumbles - and his brutal companions plan their assault - Max's toughest
battle is only just beginning.
Inspired by terrifying actual events, Black Camp 21 takes readers on a
gut-wrenching journey from the battlefields of France to its shocking
climax in a camp which still stands today.