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A Light Beyond the Trenches

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Alan Hlad

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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Long Flight Home comes a WWI novel that is both tender and exciting. A German Red Cross nurse joins the world's first guide dog training school for the blind, embarking on a quest to show a Jewish pianist, blinded on the battlefield, that life is worth living. Set against the backdrop of April 1916, the initial fervor of war has given way to grim realities, with essentials and hope in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé Bruno is fighting on the western front, works tirelessly as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, comforting men broken in body and spirit. During a visit from Dr. Stalling, she witnesses a rare moment of optimism when a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier. Inspired, Dr. Stalling decides to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans, and Anna convinces him to let her work at the new guide dog training school. Among the dogs is Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws, whom Anna secretly tends and trains. Nia eventually finds her person in Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier who has lost his sight and his hopes of composing music. Despite facing rising anti-Semitism and challenges from a trainer determined to see him fail, Max, encouraged by Anna, begins to rediscover his passion for music. As Anna learns more about the war's brutality and Bruno's role in it, she realizes the profound impact the conflict has on all their lives.