Beyond the Wire
  • Published: 12 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9781496736710
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $32.99
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Beyond the Wire

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The bestselling author of Irena’s War blends fact and fiction in a gripping novel based on one of the most extraordinary true stories of World War II—an uprising behind the walls of Auschwitz concentration camp.

The bestselling author of Irena’s War blends fact and fiction in a gripping novel based on one of the most extraordinary true stories of World War II—an uprising behind the walls of Auschwitz concentration camp.

October 1944: In the long, narrow undressing rooms in Auschwitz-Birkenau, prisoner Jakub Bak toils under the scrutiny of SS guards. Like other members of the Sonderkommando, Jakub was selected on arrival for an unthinkable job: sorting through the clothes of the dead and moving their bodies from the gas chambers to the crematoriums. In this hell within a hell, Jakub clings to the promise he made to his murdered father—to live, at any cost—and to the moments he is able to spend in the company of Anna, imprisoned in the women’s camp.
 
Every morning, Anna marches miles to the union munitions factory where she works alongside other prisoners. Even Jakub doesn’t know that she and a few other women have been taking the ultimate risk, smuggling trace amounts of gunpowder back in their clothing. A bold plan is brewing to revolt against the SS and liberate the camp. Jakub, pressured to join the resistance, knows that any uprising faces impossible odds. Added to this already stark choice is another desperate reality—the risk from informers who see their only chance of survival in betraying their fellow Jews.
 
Powerfully moving and unflinching in its authenticity, Beyond the Wire tells of the women and men who, though outnumbered and outgunned, fought to free themselves, sparking a brilliant flash of light and hope amidst the darkest evil that humans can conceive.
 
Praise for Irena’s War

“Shipman’s humbling, spellbinding tale is a standout among recent works of Holocaust fiction.”
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
  • Published: 12 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9781496736710
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $32.99
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“This deeply impactful novel is based on the true story of Irena Sendler, a member of the Polish resistance who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. James D. Shipman’s heart-pounding historical thriller is a tribute to those who risked their lives to help others.” —Christian Science Monitor, Best Books of the Month, on Irena’s War
 
“Shipman dazzles in this historical tour-de-force based on the real-life story of WWII Polish resistance fighter Irena Sendler…The author’s impeccable research, gripping prose, and pitch-perfect pacing bring an immediacy to the atrocities wreaked on Jews and other “undesirables.” Shipman’s humbling, spellbinding tale is a standout among recent works of Holocaust fiction.” —Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW for Irena's War
 
"Shipman packs a punch in the two days that the book covers. Tactics and countertactics and fuel and ammunition shortages add to the tension. Mixing both real and fictional characters, Shipman maintains the history while also conveying a message about the type of men who served and how a “modern” view of warfare and loyalty differs from the men who fought as the Greatest Generation. Fans of technical war stories will be engrossed by the action. A nice retelling of the real history of Task Force Baum." —Historical Novels Review
 
 "From the first crackling sentence to the vividly rendered climax, Task Force Baum provides the reader with a tempo that never flags. Based on a controversial raid in WWII to liberate a POW camp behind Nazi lines, this novel is revealing, and at the same time, great reading entertainment." —James R. Benn, author of When Hell Struck Twelve on Task Force Baum
 
“A Bitter Rain is the best kind of WWII novel, action-packed, populated by complex characters facing deep moral dilemmas, and historically accurate. I loved it.” —Mark Sullivan, author of #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky on A Bitter Rain
 
“Harrowing, intense, and oh so real, this story plunges the reader into the nightmare world of Nazi Germany where good and decent people struggle to survive.” —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Royal Spyness Series and In Farleigh Field on A Bitter Rain