Risplendo non brucio

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Ilaria Tuti unites her two souls, weaving together historical novel and thriller. A distant father and daughter struggle against the destiny that separated them and against the war that seems to have swept away every ray of light and hope in the green woods of Germany and a wounded, violated Trieste.

The snow is stained with blood around the tower of Kransberg castle. Just a few metres away, the Führer is in his bunker, steeped in fear and delirium after the attempt on his life in July 1944. Johann Maria Adami, however, has no time to think of those responsible for his internment in Dachau. Professor Adami has a mission: to discover the truth behind the suspicious death of a Nazi soldier. Was it suicide or a plot against Hitler? He needs all his intelligence not only if he has any hope of saving himself, but also to keep safe the person he loves most.

The snow is also stained with blood around the walls of the concentration camp in Risiera di Trieste. It’s not the first time and, as Ada knows, not the last either. It seems impossible to find the killer in a city riddled with murders, where the air is permeated with ashes and fear. While trying to track down the murderer, Ada is lonelier than ever: her father, Professor Johann Maria Adami, has been arrested by the Nazis for dissent and taken she knows not where, and her boyfriend has disappeared among the partisans. All she has left is her heart and her medical skills… as well as a secret she must protect at all costs.