When We Were Ashes
| Expected release date is Mar 2nd 2027 |
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Overview
When the grey bus came to take Rainor Schacht and his friends in the ward for disabled children to a remote hospital called Trutzburg, they had no idea what dark reality awaited them.
No one would tell them what to expect — not the nurse; or the kind bus driver; or Dr. Lutz, who ran the Nazi hospital with ruthless efficiency.
Years later, with the bus driver Peter Berger’s coded diary in hand, Rainor sets out to find Emmi, a fellow survivor of Trutzburg, who looked past his disfigurement and elicited the magic that gave purpose to Rainor and comfort to the other children.
Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, Andrew Boden’s When We Were Ashes takes us to the chilling depths of Aktion T4, one of the darkest chapters in the history of Nazi Germany. In this hauntingly poignant novel, Rainor is led on an illuminating journey to learn the truth about his past and the even more extraordinary truth about his present. When We Were Ashes was first published to critical acclaim in Canada in 2024, where it was also a finalist for the amazon.ca First Novel Award.
