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Traitor

By Amanda McCrina 

Poland, 1944. 

After the Soviet liberation of Lwów from Germany, the city remains a battleground between resistance fighters and insurgent armies, its loyalties torn between Poland and Ukraine.

Seventeen-year-old Tolya Korolenko is half Ukrainian, half Polish, and he joined the Soviet Red Army to keep himself alive and fed. When he not-quite-accidentally shoots his unit's political officer in the street, he's rescued by a squad of Ukrainian freedom fighters. They might have saved him, but Tolya doesn't trust them. He especially doesn't trust Solovey, the squad's war-scarred young leader, who has plenty of secrets of his own.

Then a betrayal sends them both on the run. And in a city where loyalty comes second to self-preservation, a traitor can be an enemy or a savior—or sometimes both.

Review

This book captured my attention in the first sentence and held it to the final full stop. This is the kind of book that once started is near on impossible to put down. 

The historical aspect of this novel has to be commended, the author has really done her homework on this era and this comes across in the writing. It really did feel like I had been transported back in time to 1944. Likewise, there was a strong sense of realism in the characters which really helped to drive the story forward, as did the fast-paced plot.

I thought this book was brilliant from beginning to end. I will certainly be looking out for more books by this very talented author. 

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Amanda McCrina was homeschooled through high school and graduated from the University of West Georgia with a BA in history and political science. For three years, she taught high school English and government at an international school in Madrid, Spain, and is now a bookseller in Franklin, Tennessee. She is the author of TRAITOR and THE SILENT UNSEEN.