Bodie Thoene

Brock Thoene

Lori Ibsen and Jacob Kalner flee to Danzig to evade Hitler's bombers while Peter Wallich seeks refuge with the Jews of Warsaw.

Warsaw Requiem

Jeni Enjaian

The Thoene's redeemed themselves after the overcomplicated near mess that the previous book in the series was. The number of characters didn't really diminish. What reduced the complexity was the melding of a couple storylines, most notably the near duplicate ones. While I didn't like the complexity of the prior book, I still wanted to find out what happened to the characters. The strength of the plot remains and the numerous characters retain their individuality. Of course, every character (except one) manages to narrowly escape death and/or imprisonment. This bothers me a little especially when most people trapped in those countries at the onset of World War II did not end up escaping. That being said, it would be hard to write a series like this if nothing good ever happened to the protagonists. (Somehow George R. R. Martin manages it. I'm not really sure how but then again, I'm not a fan of his work either. :D)
I, again, recommend this book and the series which will remain on my shelves.

Warsaw Requiem

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