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She escaped the Nazis on the back of a lion.
A hidden truth, a relentless pursuit, and a story history could not silence.
Germany, 1938. One night on the eve of war, as Nazis ravage Jewish homes and businesses, young Sarah Frank narrowly escapes the SS officer who has a deadly fascination with her family. Thrust into a fight for survival in a world turned unrecognizable, she finds refuge in a traveling circus. There, under the protection of lion trainer Adolf Frei and a makeshift family of performers, acrobats, and elephants, Sarah discovers a strength she never knew she possessed, even as the Nazi regime closes in. But as the terror intensifies, so does the obsession of the man she fled, setting in motion a deadly chase across a collapsing Germany.
New York City, 1957. A routine autopsy at the city zoo reveals a chilling artifact inside an elderly lion: a silver SS ring engraved with a skull. For chief veterinarian Mark Spencer, what begins as a curious discovery quickly spirals into a transatlantic quest, leading him through the streets of fifties bohemian Paris, bustling Tel Aviv, and back to the shadowed corners of postwar New York. Along the way, he unravels the mysterious story of a girl with an indomitable spirit who accepts an impossible challenge against an unfathomable evil.
The Girl Who Rode the White Lion weaves the two timelines together in a heart-racing revelation about the extraordinary complexities and resilience of the human heart, and the power to confront the horrors of history.
Genre: Literary Fiction
A hidden truth, a relentless pursuit, and a story history could not silence.
Germany, 1938. One night on the eve of war, as Nazis ravage Jewish homes and businesses, young Sarah Frank narrowly escapes the SS officer who has a deadly fascination with her family. Thrust into a fight for survival in a world turned unrecognizable, she finds refuge in a traveling circus. There, under the protection of lion trainer Adolf Frei and a makeshift family of performers, acrobats, and elephants, Sarah discovers a strength she never knew she possessed, even as the Nazi regime closes in. But as the terror intensifies, so does the obsession of the man she fled, setting in motion a deadly chase across a collapsing Germany.
New York City, 1957. A routine autopsy at the city zoo reveals a chilling artifact inside an elderly lion: a silver SS ring engraved with a skull. For chief veterinarian Mark Spencer, what begins as a curious discovery quickly spirals into a transatlantic quest, leading him through the streets of fifties bohemian Paris, bustling Tel Aviv, and back to the shadowed corners of postwar New York. Along the way, he unravels the mysterious story of a girl with an indomitable spirit who accepts an impossible challenge against an unfathomable evil.
The Girl Who Rode the White Lion weaves the two timelines together in a heart-racing revelation about the extraordinary complexities and resilience of the human heart, and the power to confront the horrors of history.
Genre: Literary Fiction