The True Story Behind “In the Ashes”: My Grandfather’s WWII Service and the Book It Inspired

He never wanted to talk about it. Then I found his war diary. What my grandfather actually experienced in the final days of World War II became the foundation for In the Ashes — but writing it as fiction was the only way I could truly honor what he lived through. Read the story behind the book.

The True Story Behind “In the Ashes”: My Grandfather’s WWII Service and the Book It Inspired2026-07-15T13:59:51+00:00

SNEAK PEEK: In the Ashes – Chapter One

In the final 24 hours of World War II, a squad of battle-weary American soldiers accidentally kills an innocent prisoner while clearing a concentration camp. They launch a desperate race against time to find and save the man’s wife before the SS can execute her, while struggling through the collapsing chaos of occupied Germany and confronting the horrors around them and the moral darkness within themselves.

SNEAK PEEK: In the Ashes – Chapter One2026-06-09T18:15:22+00:00
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