David, thank you for telling me over and over that I could write this book and for tearing up when you read Chapter 49 at Red Lobster. Dad, I know you didn’t intend to lend me your World War II books for two and a half years, but thanks for letting me get away with it. Mom, thank you for being my first and biggest fan. Adam, you’re in the acknowledgments now. (But for real, thanks for reading Wolf by Wolf instead of watching sportsketball. It means a lot.) If I listed all the family and friends who’ve helped me stay sane while writing Blood for Blood, this book would be much, much thicker. But all things must come to an end, and so I’ll close out these acknowledgments the way I do all others. Thank you, God, for your gifts and grace. Soli Deo Gloria.
Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
PRELUDE: THREE PORTRAITS OF CHRISTMAS EVE 1945
I
II
III
PART I: EXODUS
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
INTERLUDE: THREE PORTRAITS OF MAY 16, 1952
BEFORE
DURING
AFTER
PART II: THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
INTERLUDE: THREE PORTRAITS OF APRIL 2, 1955
I
II
III
PART III: LAND OF ASHES
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53
CHAPTER 54
CHAPTER 55
PART IV: LAND OF PROMISE
CHAPTER 56
CHAPTER 57
CHAPTER 58
CHAPTER 59
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
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First ebook edition: November 2016
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