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Description edit
Stephen Friedman is just inches away from everything he could ever desire. It's Los Angeles in the early 70s, and Friedman is living the groovy southern California life of a real-estate wheeler dealer. He's making money hand-over-fist and has long given up hope of finding the family he's lost... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
- - A man tries to obtain expensive treasure but finds that the treasure is not what he thinks.
Summary edit
Stephen Friedman is making a good living in good times. He's just an ordinary guy.
Or so he thinks.
But one day an extrordinary piece of information tells him differently. It's a clue from the grave of a Holocaust survivor. A clue that makes him heir to an incredible fortune...a... read more
Characters edit
- Stephen Friedman: Jewish real Estate investor
- Roth Braun: German who is obsessed with killing Jews - son of Gerhard
- Gerhard Braun: German Commandant of Torun.
- Rachel Spritzer: Wealthy yet reclusive old woman that claims she was the mother of Stephen
- Chaim Leveler: Rabbi that shares his home with Stephen
Quotes edit
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“My name is Gerhard Braun, and I am God.”
Gerhard Braun
Setting & Locations edit
- Los Angeles, California
- Torun: Labor camp inside Poland for about five thousand women
- Poland
- Hamburg, Germany
First Sentence edit
Roth Braun slowly twisted the doorknob and gave the door a slight shove.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ted Dekker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 31, 2006
ISBN: 1595540784
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 31, 2006
ISBN: 1595540784
Page Count: 400
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsNo language or explicit sex, but there are some very intense and somewhat graphic moments detailed set in a Jewish concentration camp in WWII
Subjects edit
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