Journey of Evil, the long awaited sequel to the epic historical novel Patriot Acts, continues the saga of the Heisler family. Kurt Heisler, a former Waffen SS officer, and his wife, Erika, had moved to the United States after World War II to work for the CIA. Kurt's brother, Jurgen, also an officer in the Waffen SS, had vowed to kill Kurt because Kurt had been involved in an attempt on Hitler's life.
Tom Johnson, a school teacher, discovered Kurt and Erika on a small farm in North Dakota in 1966. He became friends with the escaped war criminals and after they disappeared in 1968, Tom wrote a book about Kurt and Erika's experiences living through World War II in Germany. The book became the center-piece for Patriot Acts.
In 1998, Tom and his wife, Sophie, had a reunion with Erika Heisler, Sophie's mother. The reunion was brief, as Erika left for Germany to attempt to find her husband, Kurt, who had been missing for nearly ten years. Kurt had vanished in East Berlin in 1986 when on a secret mission for the CIA.
Journey of Evil continues the saga at this point. Sophie is reunited with her parents and struggles to understand Kurt and Erika's long absence. Jurgen's life since the end of World War II is chronicled, as he becomes obsessed with continuing the goals of the Third Reich in the United States. Locations and events send the reader from the fields of the North Dakota to the Austrian Alps - from the destruction of Berlin in 1945 to a dramatic conclusion in Montana in the year 2000. And, the question of who was the one-armed man in Erika's last message in 1998 is finally answered.
Tom Johnson, a school teacher, discovered Kurt and Erika on a small farm in North Dakota in 1966. He became friends with the escaped war criminals and after they disappeared in 1968, Tom wrote a book about Kurt and Erika's experiences living through World War II in Germany. The book became the center-piece for Patriot Acts.
In 1998, Tom and his wife, Sophie, had a reunion with Erika Heisler, Sophie's mother. The reunion was brief, as Erika left for Germany to attempt to find her husband, Kurt, who had been missing for nearly ten years. Kurt had vanished in East Berlin in 1986 when on a secret mission for the CIA.
Journey of Evil continues the saga at this point. Sophie is reunited with her parents and struggles to understand Kurt and Erika's long absence. Jurgen's life since the end of World War II is chronicled, as he becomes obsessed with continuing the goals of the Third Reich in the United States. Locations and events send the reader from the fields of the North Dakota to the Austrian Alps - from the destruction of Berlin in 1945 to a dramatic conclusion in Montana in the year 2000. And, the question of who was the one-armed man in Erika's last message in 1998 is finally answered.
