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Tour Wrap Up: The Sower of Black Field by Katherine Koch

 

 

Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany


Historical Fiction

Date Published: April 15, 2024

 

INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS


Throughout the Third Reich, millions of Germans pledged allegiance to Adolf Hitler. In the Bavarian village of Schwarzenfeld, they followed an American citizen.


As he struggles to rekindle the faith of a guilt-ridden Wehrmacht veteran, a morose widow, and her grieving teenage son, Fr. Viktor Koch, C.P. is haunted by self-doubt. What is driving him to stay in the Third Reich? Is he following a higher plan, or the mystic compulsion of his German heritage? Exposed to American ideals, his parishioners grow restless under Nazi rule. Relying upon his ingenuity to keep them out of prison, Fr. Viktor solicits aid from an unlikely intercessor—the Nazi charity worker who confiscated his monastery for state purposes.

In April 1945, American liberators make a gruesome discovery: the SS have left a mass grave of concentration camp victims on Schwarzenfeld’s borders. Enraged by the sight, the infantry commander orders the townspeople to disinter 140 corpses, construct coffins despite material shortages, dig a grave trench, and hold a funeral ceremony—all in 24 hours. If they fail to fulfill this ultimatum, he vows to execute all German men in town.

Fr. Viktor has to pull off a miracle: he must convince his countrymen that his followers are not the enemy. Their humanity is intact. And most of all, they are innocent.

 




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April 19 - On a Reading Bender - Review

April 22 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt

April 23 - My Bookmarked Reads - Spotlight

April 25 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight

April 26 - Novel-ty - Spotlight

April 30 - Books Blog - Spotlight

May 1 - The Avid Reader - Interview

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May 8 - Crossroad Reviews - Spotlight

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May 13 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt


May 15 - A Life Through Books - Interview

May 16 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight

About the Author

Katherine Koch is a renaissance woman from San Antonio, Texas. By day she is a professional web administrator, digital marketing specialist, and graphic designer. By night she is an independent scholar, historian, and writer. She is captivated by stories of the Passionist missionaries in her family, all of whom have a peculiar knack for tumbling into harm’s way during history’s most fascinating time periods.

 

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