{"product_id":"the-constant-soldier","title":"THE CONSTANT SOLDIER","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaunting  passionate  William Ryans The Constant Soldier is a subtle WW2 thriller of horror and love with an utterly gripping countdown to Gotterdamerung. - Simon Sebag Montefiore  author of Red Sky at Noon . Shortlisted for the HWA Endeavour Ink Gold Crown. 1944. Paul Brandt  a soldier in the German army  returns wounded and ashamed from the bloody chaos of the Eastern front to find his village home much changed and existing in the dark shadow of an SS rest hut  a luxurious retreat for those who manage the concentration camps  run with the help of a small group of female prisoners who  against all odds  have so far survived the war. When  by chance  Brandt glimpses one of these prisoners  he realizes that he must find a way to access the hut. For inside is the woman to whom his fate has been tied since their arrest five years before  and now he must do all he can to protect her. But as the Russian offensive moves ever closer  the days of this rest hut and its SS inhabitants are numbered. And while hope  for Brandt and the female prisoners  grows tantalizingly close  the danger too is now greater than ever. And  in a forest to the east  a young female Soviet tank driver awaits her orders to advance . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948522205237,"sku":"ByrdShop_1447255062","price":90.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781447255062_f414f7e2-6cfc-45e0-848a-e5644ffde2e0.jpg?v=1770049717","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-constant-soldier","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}