Night Trains

From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Wood: An unforgettable account of how an entire town in Poland resists the devastating blow of the occupying Nazi forces, using wit, courage, and determination as its only weapons.. Occupied by the Germans, the strategically located town of Sofia, Poland, stands on the brink of annihilation in 1941. As every arrest and execution brings total obliteration closer to reality, two medical doctors devise an ingenious plan - to stage a typus epidemic that will force the Nazis to evacuate. The locals and their enemy swiftly become enmeshed in what soon becomes the most daring act of resistance in World War II. Jan Szukalski - A brilliant doctor, he masterminds the hoax with his partner, Mary Duszynska, whose work binds them together more strongly than love itself. Maximillian Hartung - A German officer, he is ruthless in his lust for personal power and determined to win Hitler's personal attention by breaking the resistance in Sofia. David Ryz - A young Jewish leader of a zealous band of partisans, he helps incite the town to violence and unwittingly puts the medical hoax in jeopardy. Gripping and powerful, Night Trains brilliantly illuminates the classic conflict between active and passive resistance in one town's fight for survival.. Praise for Barbara Wood:. "Strongly dramatic ... tightly plotted." - Publishers Weekly. "A master storyteller storyteller. She never fails to leave the reader enthralled." - Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means. "An accomplished storyteller." - John Jakes, New York Times bestselling author "Wood shows herself a wizard at juggling action and romance, maintaining the momentum and sparkle of both." - Kirkus Reviews . "Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters." - BOOKLIST . "Barbara Wood is an entertainer." - Washington Post Book World "Entertainment fiction at its best." - Booklist "Wood creates genuine, engaging characters whose stories are fascinating." - Library Journal. Soul Flame:Acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood combines her superb storytelling gifts with medical and historical fact to create the epic adventure of an unusual and gifted young woman seeking her destiny in the ancient healing arts.. Born into the tumultuous world of ancient Antioch, Selene is orphaned at birth. But before her father dies, he leaves a puzzling clue to her heritage: she has come from the gods and has a special destiny to fulfill. In the coming years, Selene studies the primitive healing arts with Mera, the healer-woman who adopts her. She learns how to lower fevers by brewing Hecate's Cure from the willow tree, how to apply green mold to an open wound to prevent infection, and most important, how to calm a patient by summoning the inner power of the "soul flame." But on her sixteenth birthday, Selene falls in love with Andreas, a passionate and troubled surgeon. When fate cruelly separates them, Selene's search for Andreas takes her to the great centers of civilization in the ancient world - Egypt, Babylon, and Rome. Desperate to find Andreas, Selene is torn between love and her dreams of healing when a revolutionary vision brings her to the fulfillment of her destiny - and the dawn of modern medicine.. "Dramatic, intriguing, engrossing." - Publishers Weekly. "A master storyteller. She never fails to leave the reader enthralled." - Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means. "An accomplished storyteller." - John Jakes, New York Times bestselling author "Wood shows herself a wizard at juggling action and romance, maintaining the momentum and sparkle of both." - Kirkus Reviews . "Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters." - Booklist . "Barbara Wood is an entertainer." - Washington Post Book World "Entertainment fiction at its best." - Booklist "Wood creates genuine, engaging characters whose stories are fascinating." - Library Journal