Winter Fire

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Summary: Excellent Read!
Review: Although this book is fictional, it gives an interesting and accurate look at Finlands war against Russia in the 1940s. Told from the point of view of a young German officer whose travels bring him accross evrybody in Finland from Sibelius to Mannerheim ...to forest nymphs!(I've ran into a few of those myself in Finland ;))

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Summary: one of those happy accidents!
Review: I picked up this book on an oil tanker I was working on. I had nothing else to read. For several days I was captivated. The settings in wartime Finland and Russia are outstanding, the perfectly flawed protagonist is wonderfully done. The premise is strange, but immensely appealing. I've recommended this book to others, including my father, an English teacher, (and he's a hard sell) and each person has acclaimed it. I cannot believe that this is out of print. The combination of war and intrigue, myth and mysticism, music and death, is superb. If you can get a copy, you'll love it. A tale of obsession, war, and love. You can't get much better than this. What I want to know is this: where is this author, and what else has he got?!

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Summary: New Idea
Review: This is an interesting story not normal for World War 2 fiction. There is more music then weapons fire and more conversations then action scenes. It might even be called the thinking man's World War two novel. You have a full time conductor that is a part time German Nazi due to the war who is sent to Finland to work on convincing the local population that Hitler is one of the good guys. The author gives us a great view of Finland and details on the war effort with Russia.
It is a well-written book that has a difficult to pull off story line (by this I mean to keep it interesting for 350 pages), but the author gets it done. If you find a copy of the book it is interesting and different from the normal fair in the category.

Rating:
Summary: New Idea
Review: This is an interesting story not normal for World War 2 fiction. There is more music then weapons fire and more conversations then action scenes. It might even be called the thinking man's World War two novel. You have a full time conductor that is a part time German Nazi due to the war who is sent to Finland to work on convincing the local population that Hitler is one of the good guys. The author gives us a great view of Finland and details on the war effort with Russia.
It is a well-written book that has a difficult to pull off story line (by this I mean to keep it interesting for 350 pages), but the author gets it done. If you find a copy of the book it is interesting and different from the normal fair in the category.