The COURT OF BLUE SHADOWS — Maynard Allington

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY

Beautifully written. . . A sensitive and powerful examination of humanity at its worst and at its best.
- THE NEW YORK TIMES

An intriguing premise animates this strong and affecting psychological thriller set in the aftermath of WW II.
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

The author demonstrates great command of the spy/thriller technique, buttressed by careful research that brings this suspense shocker to life. . . truly a Holocaust narrative.
- DADE JEWISH JOURNAL

The novel underscores graphically the enormity of German crimes against humanity and deserves to be read by a wide, attentive audience.
- THE OBSERVER

An evocative, haunting story of great love, greed, jealousy and betrayal.
- THE ORLANDO SENTINEL

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A mass execution outside the Dachau Concentration Camp. . .

A sole survivor, whose tattooed serial number has been surgically removed and whose memory is gone. . .

So begins a young man's search for his identity - a dark journey that will take him through the ruins of postwar Germany, then back in time to a love affair in Berlin and Greece. Who is he? What is his connection to a mysterious painting that has U.S. Intelligence baffled?

The hunt for answers will lead him, eventually, to a forgotten, decaying place in the heart of the Amazon, and into a relationship with a beautiful and tormented survivor of Auschwitz. Set against the historical background of SS medical atrocities, stolen art, and the ODESSA network organized for the escape of Nazi war criminals, THE COURT OF BLUE SHADOWS is a novel of vengeance, despair and,ultimately, hope.