"Then we agree on our pact as blood brothers and what we must do from this day forward?"
"Yes, J rgen."
"Then it's sealed in blood," J rgen proclaimed as the boys separated their fingers.
"It's sealed in blood," confirmed Markus.
In Promises: A Bridge to Somewhere, Greg Carson tells the fictional story of two boys coming of age in pre-World War I Germany. J rgen Behrmann is a German, and Markus Mendel a Jew. On his deathbed, Markus asks J rgen to honor their boyhood pact. J rgen agrees, and keeping his promise brings trouble in war-torn Germany.
Through a series of twists and turns, we find Doctor J rgen Behrmann on the run from the German Army. The Gestapo has sent his wife Lisbeth to a Polish ghetto and his son Didi has been sentenced to a German death squad.
Follow their intense World War II saga as J rgen, Lisbeth, and Didi fight to survive, relying on courage, faith, and grit to sustain them as they encounter the unthinkable.
Book One of his three-part Promises series.
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