NIGHTFALL OVER SHANGHAI by Daniel Kalla - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
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Espionage, passion, and battlefield drama: the loves and fears of
one remarkable family unfold against the Second World War’s Pacific
theatre
Gripping and poignant, this is the epic final
chapter in Daniel Kalla’s wartime trilogy, bringing to an unforgettable
conclusion the story begun in The Far Side of the Sky and Rising Sun, Falling Shadow
It’s
1944 and the Japanese are losing the war, but Shanghai is more
dangerous than ever, particularly for the Adler family. After fleeing
Nazi Europe, Dr. Franz Adler and his teenage daughter, Hannah, have
adjusted to life in their strange adopted city, but they are now
imprisoned in the Shanghai Ghetto for refugee Jews.
Franz is
compelled to work as a surgeon for the hated Japanese military, while
struggling to keep the city’s woefully undersupplied refugee hospital
functioning. Meanwhile, his beloved Eurasian wife, fellow surgeon Sunny,
delivers a baby boy born to a neighborhood teenager who wants nothing
to do with the child; Sunny is determined to raise him as her own. When
an enigmatic priest arrives at the hospital with an injured man who
turns out be a downed American pilot, Sunny is recruited into a spy
ring, providing crucial information to the Allies about the city’s port.
Inadvertently, Hannah is drawn into the perilous operation, just as she
becomes drawn to the controversial movement of Zionism and a Jewish
homeland in Palestine. When the Japanese launch a major new offensive
against the Chinese, Franz is forced to do the unthinkable: he is sent
inland to work as a field doctor on the frontlines. There, he must
contend with his tangled loyalties, aerial bombings overhead, and his
uncertain feelings for a vulnerable Canadian nurse.
In 1945,
American B-52s begin bombing Shanghai in strategic raids, putting
thousands of Chinese citizens and refugees in grave danger. While the
war seems to be winding down in the Far East, many questions remain
unanswered for the Adlers. As the bombers circle ominously overhead,
they must now struggle for more than simple safety. For the first time
in many war-riven years, they now face the challenge of re-envisioning
their lives, and the prospect of forging a hopeful path forward for the
future—if they can first survive.
