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Soldier in Germany Kindle Edition

by James Snyder (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A young, battle-scarred American soldier encounters a beautiful and troubled German girl on the crazy-mean streets of 1972 Cold War Europe.

"A powerful book in which grimness and lyricism fight to a draw." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)


When Air Force sergeant Christopher Adams finds himself the lone survivor after his forward observation post is overrun by enemy forces in Vietnam, he realizes he only wants to go somewhere he might quietly and peacefully mend his young, torn body and shattered mind. Instead, the fateful-as-they-are-ironic hands of the military drop him onto the world stage of continents facing off in Cold War. Here, in the heartland of Germany, and a mere twenty-five or so years after Hitler and the Nazis brought those same continents to near ruin, Chris now finds himself surrounded by a world in chaos and flux, protest and terror, and shivering in the imminent shadow of nuclear Armageddon. A world in which there is little quiet, and even less peace.

But then, as journeys of fate and irony are wont to do, he meets her—Nikolina von Lotzenburg, a.k.a. Nikki Lotz, a beautiful, fiercely independent, enormously evasive, seventeen-year-old top photographic model who escaped from East Germany when she was six, and who—now surrounded by those, including her equally fierce mother, Rami, that would try and control every fiber of her high-profile and higher-stakes existence—may be even a more damaged soul than himself…
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  1. Print length
    330 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    May 23, 2024
  4. File size
    1.4 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZ2D1M3N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bandera Publishing Company; 1st edition (May 23, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 23, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0D226F945
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

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James Snyder

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James Snyder was born in Memphis, Tennessee and lived in many parts of the United States before settling with his family in Napa Valley. Among a variety of careers and occupations, he was a soldier with a tactical mobile operations unit in Germany, as well as an executive for a Fortune 500 company.

Among others, he has published short stories in the Houghton Mifflin Black Mask anthologies, the Ginosko Literary Journal, and was a finalist in the New Letters’ Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction. His literary works include the novels AMERICAN WARRIOR, DESOLATION RUN, THE BEAUTIFUL-UGLY, FRENCH QUARTERS, SOLDIER IN GERMANY, and the short story collection TALES OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

His author’s website and contact are at jamessnyder.net. He currently lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country.

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  • AnnE
    5.0 out of 5 stars I kept hearing my husbands voice in my head
    Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
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    Christopher’s tale mirrored my husband’s descriptions so much. I remember him telling me stories of what it was like for him in Germany immediately after Vietnam in the early 70s. The things he had to do the problems that he went through even though he was a very private man. I cried through most of this book. It was so realistic. I wanted to stop reading it, but I finished it to the very end. The only difference was he survived and finally found me.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars A Tragic Story
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
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    I found the story a little difficult to follow at times. The psychological aspects are just not my forte. I was also looking for a happy ending, but it turned out to be a tragedy instead. Folks who enjoy tragedy style stories will find this one to their liking. If that is your forte, I highly recommend you read this story. It combines aspects of Viet Nam along with Germany at the end of World War II and into the Cold War and the terrorist events of the 1970s.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Speechless
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
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    Such a beautiful story, such a
    heartbreaking unexpected ending. I am absolutely speechless . I don't know what else I could say to do justice to this novel.
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  • Deacon Tom
    4.0 out of 5 stars Bravo
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
    Bravo, this is a very good book. In many ways I associated with the main character Chris because I am very similar in age and in some of his experiences. I lived in Germany as a military officer for nine years and spent Viet Nam times in Korea, but supporting the war from a distance. Therefore for many of the scenes and incidents, I was aware of or even exposed to.

    This edition has very strong writing. I applaud J. Snyder for his ability to humanize the situations, especially for veterans from that time period.

    Additionally, the plot moves very quickly. So, this book is very easy to read and hard to put down.

    I highly recommend this book, especially for Veterans.

    I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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  • Sharon
    5.0 out of 5 stars This one surprised me!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2024
    I've read this author before, one of his historical thrillers, which I loved. So when I saw this appear I decided to take a peek, even though it wasn't my normal suspense genre. I have to say it really took me by surprise, especially the way the affair developed between the two lovers, which kept me on edge until the very end. But I think what most intrigued me was the volatile relationship between Nikki and her mother Rami and what eventually happened to everyone involved as a result. I won't say anymore about it, except that it impacted me in a way I rarely feel and never saw coming. The whole thing was quite suspenseful, to say the least.

    Finally, I found Nikki's fashion-model character spot on. I've known girls in the industry and the author had me laughing out loud with how well he nailed it, and her. He had to have been around such types to know these things. This was a great read.
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  • Katielou
    2.0 out of 5 stars Slow moving
    Reviewed in Australia on October 6, 2024
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    I found this book hard to read as it seems to crawl along. Damaged souls were a bit too textbook for my liking.
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