Amber War (The Amber War Series)($9.99Value)

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WWII is over, but the fighting rages on in Lithuania. The resistance continues to attack the Russian army occupying Lithuania, and it’s looking grim. Their numbers are dwindling. Supplies are low. The Russians are hunting the freedom fighters and killing them off. Cell leader Ludmelia Kudirka knows it’s only a matter of time before they find her . In desperation, Ludmelia undertakes one last mission. Collaborating with Polish partisans, she seeks to get a resistance leader out through the Iron Curtain to plea for help from the West. But they have to travel through a countryside teeming with Soviet patrols to reach the border with Poland. New recruit Anton Dubus knows the area well and joins them to help. He’s brave and has proven himself invaluable. But can she trust him? Is he out to save her and her men or to destroy them all? Based on actual events, nothing is as it seems in this historical thriller. Amber War is a parable of resistance and relentless courage in the face historic brutality. While it speaks to us from the past it echoes into our present time the reality of what war actually is. Once again Ursula Wong has crafted a tale that has both the feel of traveling through time and weariness of having witnessed personally the rise and fall of the human spirit in the setting of WWII. Amber War resounds as a cautionary whether it is read as a novel or as a supplemental reading to university level history course. Ursula's characters serve as examples of what can happen to any one of us in the hell-scape of war; for every hero that rises from the ashes, many devolve into darker and lesser versions of themselves without having the opportunity or the dignity to choose what they become. - Claudia Decker, Author and Teacher of Modern Languages After WWII ended, the Lithuanian resistance continued to fight the Soviet occupiers. Tens of thousands of Lithuanians died in this war that was largely unknown in the West. Although they had superior manpower and weaponry, the Soviets went to the trouble of infiltrating the Lithuanian resistance organization to destroy it from the inside. Amber War was inspired by this true story. I hope you enjoy this work of historical fiction. ~ Ursula Sinkewicz Wong Ursula Wong writes gripping stories about strong women who battle impossible odds to achieve their dreams. Her work has appeared in  Everyday Fiction, Spinetingler Magazine, Mystery Reader's Journal,  and the  Insanity Tales  anthologies. Wong's debut novel,  Purple Trees , the enchanting Peruvian folk tale,  The Baby Who Fell From the Sky , and  Finding my Father: A Story of Vietnam  are available on Amazon. Her World WarII historical fiction thriller  Amber Wolf , the first in the Amber War Series ,  is about a young Lithuanian woman who joins resistance fighters.  Amber War , the second in the series, tells a little-known story of post-World War II Eastern Europe and the continuing fight against the Soviet occupation.  Amber Widow , third book in the series, matches Eastern European radicals against Russia in a vicious game of nuclear chess.  Black Amber , fourth book, has cyberterrorists attack the pipeline bringing natural gas from Russia into Germany. In  Gypsy Amber , fifth book, Russia unleashes a devious plot to thwart China's territorial expansion into Central Asia and a man from Lithuania stands in the way.