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Once Night Falls

By: Roland Merullo
Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
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Summary

A harrowing historical novel of the extraordinary acts of ordinary people in Nazi-occupied Italy.

Italy, 1943. Luca Benedetto has joined the partisans in their fight against the German troops ravaging the shores of his town on Lake Como. While risking his life to free his country, Luca is also struggling to protect Sarah, his Jewish lover who’s hiding in a mountain cabin. As the violent Nazi occupation intensifies, Luca and Sarah fear for more than their own lives.

In the heart of their village, their mothers have also found themselves vulnerable to the encroaching Nazis. But Luca’s mother, undeterred, is devising her own revenge on the occupiers. With Mussolini deposed and Allied armies fighting their way up the peninsula, the fate of Italy hangs in the balance, and the people of Lake Como must decide how much they’re prepared to sacrifice for family, friends, and the country they love.

The most trying of times will create the most unexpected heroes and incredible acts of courage in this stirring narrative as seen through the eyes of those devastated by war-torn Italy.

©2019 Roland Merullo (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Poignant.

I’m not sure exactly why this didn’t hold my full interest. I think it may be because the chapters were very short and I was keen to know what happened to the character at that point rather than having to wait for another chapter to begin. It didn’t seem to flow for me although the story was or course poignant

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I began listening to this with high hopes the premise was good Italy position in ww2 was very fragile Characters where there but it just didn't happen no storyline or anticipation maybe I was hoping for a story similar to Beneath a Scarlett Sky but I was disappointed

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