Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

525 Pages

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

Release Date: May 1, 2017

Fiction, Historic, Biographic, World War II, Milan, Italy

Pino Lella is seventeen in 1943 living with his younger brother and parents in Milan, Italy. He gets sent to Casa Alpina, a camp run by Father Re. He begins helping Father Re to get Jews out of Italy and into Switzerland. Before he turns eighteen, his parents tell him he must sign up with the Germans in a building unit to keep him out of an active duty. When he is going to his first post, there is an explosion and becomes a driver for General Leyers.

This is a beautiful book. The writer describes the historic times so the reader feels a part of the story. It has a steady pace, the characters are well developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. The author has a wonderful eye for details and emotion. If you like reading historic fiction or nonfiction relating to World War II, you will enjoy this book.