Thief Of Glory
Sigmund Brouwer
WaterBrook, Aug 19 2014, $14.99
ISBN 9780307446497
In 1942, the Japanese successfully invade the Dutch East Indies
islands. On Java, the soldiers deploy
the affluent adult males as slaves toiling on the Burma rail; while placing the
left behind women and preadolescent children in prison camps. Overnight, the son of a well-to-do Dutch
headmaster, tweener Jeremiah Prins is burdened with keeping his mom and young
siblings safe when his dad and older brothers are taken away. He does his best, but the horrid conditions of
the camps limit his options. Still he
tries while many others succumb to the nightmare.
Decades later, Jeremiah still searches for peace from those
troubled times. His journals help as do
his loved ones, but those were times that tested him and still haunt him as he
looks back and wonders what he could have done differently.
Thief Of Glory is a powerful historical that intensely describes “crimes
against humanity” atrocities during WWII. Character driven by Jeremiah and other
victims; this thought-provoking tale reflects on Thomas Paine’s insight into
another war as "These are the times that try men's souls."
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