Mitch Irion

Nanking Safety Zone (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A Story of Love and Courage During the Rape of Nanking

"In 1937, as Nanking burns, one man's choice to stay could save 250,000 lives - or cost him the daughter he never knew he had."

NANKING SAFETY ZONE is a gripping, deeply human novel that brings to life one of history's most harrowing moments - the Japanese invasion of China's capital in December 1937.

When enemy forces close in, George Fitch, director of the YMCA, faces an unthinkable choice: escape to safety or stay behind to protect the Chinese civilians who have become his family.

Choosing courage over survival, he forges an unlikely alliance with John Rabe, head of Nanking's Nazi Party, to create a sanctuary for a quarter-million refugees.

But as the city falls and a brutal massacre begins, Fitch's mission turns personal - Mei Lan, a young college student caught in the chaos, may be the daughter he never knew he had, born of a forbidden love years before.

Standing between them is Ming, a Chinese soldier devoted to Mei Lan but who sees Fitch as a collaborator responsible for surrendering Chinese troops.

As violence escalates and the fragile Safety Zone teeters on collapse, loyalties are tested, love is threatened, and survival demands impossible choices. The breaking point comes when Ming's desperate act could shatter everything Fitch and Rabe have fought to save.

Meticulously researched from original diaries and eyewitness testimonies, NANKING SAFETY ZONE blends authentic history with unforgettable drama.

Perfect for readers of The Nightingale, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and Shanghai Girls, this novel is a powerful testament to moral courage - and to how, even in humanity's darkest hours, compassion can bridge the deepest divides.

Read NANKING SAFETY ZONE today and experience a story of courage, love, faith, and survival that will stay with you long after the last page.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mitch Irion
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232066086
• Artikelnr.: 75789527

Autorenporträt

Mitch Irion spent most of his career in the visual end of storytelling as an art director and creative director in both Hollywood and advertising. But it was a deeply personal connection that ignited an obsession he couldn't ignore.

His mother-in-law's haunting memories of escaping the Japanese army during World War IIfragmented recollections of a teenage girl fleeing through China, seeking refuge in Buddhist temples, saved by her father's desperate gambleplanted a seed that refused to let go. When Irion later read Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking, that seed grew into an urgent need to tell a story the world had largely forgotten.

He became consumed by the extraordinary courage of a small group of Westernersmost of them American missionarieswho chose to remain in Nanking when they could have evacuated. The thought of ordinary people armed only with moral conviction standing between civilians and overwhelming military force gripped him completely. Driven by a growing sense of purpose, Irion made pilgrimages to Yale Divinity School's archives, immersing himself in original diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts, including George Fitch's own writings. Each document deepened his conviction that this story demanded to be told.

What began as a screenplay collaboration with his son Jeremy refused to remain contained in that form. The story pulled at Irion until he transformed it into a novel, finally giving him the canvas to fully explore the themes of moral courage in humanity's darkest hours that had captured his heart. Nanking Safety Zone is more than meticulously researched historyit's Irion's passionate tribute to those who chose compassion over safety, a labor of love honoring the memory of all who suffered and those who dared to protect them.