What a wonderful story of war, survival and friendship. This is an engrossing and engaging read and one I found to be truly enthralling. The characters felt real, felt like friends and I wanted them to be safe and to survive the heartache and hardships they endured.

Cousins Mathias and Johannes made this book real. It has it all and is a book I would recommend to readers who want a good, intense, engaging and wonderful story to read.

A compellingly evocative and powerful novel that I haven't been able to stop thinking about since I finished it. It was both heartwrenching and hopeful in equal measure and I found myself really rooting for the group of writers and their families.
There were twists i this book that I just didn't see coming and I honestly couldn't put this book down. I loved it.