NEW YORK—August 30, 2016—Morgan James’s new release, The Storm That Shook the World by Walter Soellner, tells the story of two German families and their experiences together in early 20th century Germany and Africa.
The Storm That Shook the World is the second book in a four book series based around friendship, loyalty, adventures, and love – sometimes forbidden – involving the two German families of Catholic Markus and Jewish Levi. The two men have only just returned from their adventures in China to find themselves living in the last wonderfully romantic days of the Belle Epoch, the Beautiful Era, before the beginning of the first World War in 1914. They find themselves far from the trenches of France, but no less safe in the wilds and wars as soldiers in Kaiser Wilhelm’s African colonies. Not only are the two men facing challenges in Africa – where loved ones face betrayal, and terror threatens their lives, but back at the grand Levi estate deep in the forests of Bavaria, the two families struggle with hardships and dangers unforeseen.
The Storm That Shook the World is a thrilling historical novel filled with romance and friendships that are easy to relate to, even when times have changed and a century has passed. The main focus is on the loyalty and friendship between the two protagonists and their families, but along with their story, there are also strong important female roles and a storyline that follows, very closely, the true history telling of important pre-war and WWI history with many historic characters included, in little known but impactful places.
Soellner is able to create a book that is unlike many other historically based novels, focusing on more than one historic event throughout his four book series. He is able to explore a strong friendship over many years and an abundance of troubles that very few books manage. With its exciting plot and loyalty focused protagonists, The Storm That Shook the World teaches people about history and the importance and strength of loyalty and friendship.
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About the Author:
Walter Soellner is an author but also a professor of art and art history, having lectured 80 times in each of the Bay Area’s Art Museums. He is a prodigious reader and lover of 19th and 20th century history, and is a collector of Asian/European militaria of the 19th and early 20th century. He has taught in China and visited many sites mentioned in book two such as Tanzania and Lisbon. Soellner grew up in Detroit, taught at the University of North Carolina Charlotte and was stationed for two years in New Haven, Connecticut while in the US Army. Currently he resides in San Jose, CA.
More About This Title:
The Storm That Shook the World by Walter Soellner will be released by Morgan James Publishing on August 30, 2016. The Storm That Shook the World—ISBN 978-1630478636 —has 350 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $19.95
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