Crossroads of Granite

Orphans of War, Book 3

By: Michael Reit

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

The storm of war thunders to a finale.

Nora Brouwer, a radar operator, watches as Allied bombers crest the horizon. A cryptic call tempts her—safety or a daring mission?

Her brother-in-law, Christiaan Brouwer, ensnared in an SS prison, faces a dire choice: betray his secrets or forfeit his life. What will honor demand?

Floris Brouwer, once a Waffen-SS titan, now languishes at Mauthausen concentration camp. A chance to regain past glory beckons, but at war's dark price.

Lisa Abrahams, master of espionage, yearns for more than London's shadows. With victory nearing, her heart races to find Christiaan and alter fate.

Crossroads of Granite is the heart-pounding finale of the Orphans of War trilogy. Venture into a tapestry of courage, sacrifice, and love as WWII's final moments etch indelible marks upon the soul.

©2023 Michael Reit (P)2024 Podium Audio

The title

best in the whole series! I didn't want it to end! From the beginning to the end.

Characters were great

I liked everything except that it ended so abruptly. A few more chapters could've brought much better closure!!!

Never give up!!

I love this series. I’m far from a history buff, but from things I’ve read and watched, there seems to be a lot of factual events in this series! I very much enjoy reading about the relationships between the characters. The only thing that makes it hard to read is knowing it’s true how cruel some people can be. I highly recommend reading this series!!

Character Development was Superb

This book brought me the reality of the war, people, and prison camps. The characters were greatly developed.

Heart wrenching great book.

This final book was heart wrenching but great! Fantastic way to end the triology. Would highly recommend all 3 books.

The emotions of each character

I love your choice of who would read the book to us. I try to find books he has read!

I love how this series ends.

I enjoyed all three books. They are well written, and the narrator is really good too. Besides the subject, the story kept me on edge waiting to find out what happens next.

Great book! Good writing!

Historical content was great. The characters were believable and the author helped you get to know them.

CROSSROADS OF GRANITE — A STARK REMINDER OF WHAT THE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS ENDURED…

Wow — WHAT A BOOK! In so many ways this book really shocked me. I suppose it shouldn’t have. I have read other accounts of the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis, but this book was especially graphic and brought home how truly awful the concentration camps were.

What shocked me most was the level of cruelty police, guards and military personnel (both men and at times, women) could inflict on other human beings. They seemed to take PLEASURE in the suffering of others; found it “fun” to see if they could come up with new and innovating ways to make Jews suffer and their cold indifference to the pain they inflicted upon them. It was shocking how so many in authority in the camps could put a bullet in a person’s head without hesitation and then just walk away as if it was nothing. I found myself wondering throughout the book how these people who so easily tortured and killed could look at themselves in the mirror each morning and how they could sleep at night.

I also found myself wondering how one crazy, evil man could get so many others to believe that the Aryan race was the superior race and that all Jews should be wiped from the earth. HOW did he get so many others to buy into his sick views?

Although this book was extremely hard to listen to, listen I did! I finished this book in one afternoon, then immediately went back to Chapter One and started over again.

The author did an excellent job of painting a clear picture of what life inside a concentration camp was like (horrific).

This was the third and final book in this series. I found the first two books to be quite engaging as well (5-stars). Although this book COULD be read as a stand-alone, I highly recommend you read the first two before this one. You’ll be introduced to the main characters, Christiaan, his brother Floris, Floris’ wife Nora and Lissa. By book three, I felt I knew these people (I’m happy to say Floris got what he deserved in the end).

I waited throughout the book to find out when all four character’s paths would accidentally cross.

As much suffering and pain there was in the book, there were also places of hope, friendship, joy and GOOD people who did not agree with the treatment of the Jews, and chose to help them as best they could, at great risk to themself if found out.

The narrator was excellent in making the good characters quite likable and the evil characters very dislikable. KUDOS!

I love this series!

I love the story line. You could feel the tension in the characters. Read it!