Italy, 1943. When an American soldier of Italian descent witnesses an air raid that kills a young family, he defies orders to save the two children left alive. Hunted for desertion, Private Tony Bellini hides in the hills and is rescued by Alessandra Russo, a nurse who once served Italy's fallen army. Together they protect the children in her family's orchard, a fragile sanctuary surrounded by German patrols, collaborators, and partisans. As love grows between them, Tony must choose between duty and the new family he's built. From the beaches of Salerno to the mountains near Cassino, Orchard…mehr
Italy, 1943. When an American soldier of Italian descent witnesses an air raid that kills a young family, he defies orders to save the two children left alive. Hunted for desertion, Private Tony Bellini hides in the hills and is rescued by Alessandra Russo, a nurse who once served Italy's fallen army. Together they protect the children in her family's orchard, a fragile sanctuary surrounded by German patrols, collaborators, and partisans. As love grows between them, Tony must choose between duty and the new family he's built. From the beaches of Salerno to the mountains near Cassino, Orchard of Silence is a story of courage, compassion, and the power of love to endure when the guns finally fall silent.
SCOTT HAMELE is a prolific Kansas City-based novelist with over twenty books, whose work spans historical and biographical thrillers, near-future suspense, and speculative fiction. He blends cinematic pacing with research-driven authenticity-real streets, tight timelines, lived-in backstories. Sci-fi fan favorites include Vision Protocol, Dustwings - Black Ops, The Clearborn Society, and The Paper Candidate. In historical fiction, his completed novels include Capone's North Road, The Petticoat Butcher, Hanna's Room, Promise in the Sky, Hitler Survives, Staff of Moses, Orchard of Secrets, Dust & Honor, and Kentucky Whiskey Barons. Near-future suspense novels include Books 1-3 in the Kincaid Doctrine Series: Merchants of Venom, Justice Storm, Blue Coast Authority, and IRONHALO.
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